“We Were Pretty Happy With The Shift In Attitude” – Van Rooyen

 

Emirates Lions head coach Ivan van Rooyen lauded his side’s improved effort against the Vodacom Bulls this past weekend. After a challenging first leg encounter at Emirates Airline Park the week before, a noticeable attitude shift and intent in performance resulted which saw the Emirates Lions take an early lead at a wet Loftus. The visitors went down 21-13.

Coach Ivan van Rooyen:

“We were pretty happy with the shift in attitude leading up to the Loftus trip. We had an intense week and it showed in our performance. The result didn’t go our way, but I feel we are close to where we want to be as we head into DHL Stormers this weekend.”

The Round 9 clash saw the men from Johannesburg sport a new-look backline which saw a revised centre pairing as well in the number ten channel.

“It’s always great to see a few new guys put up their hands in tough conditions and we felt they stood up quite well against a quality opposition,” concluded Van Rooyen.