The challenge of juggling the United Rugby Championship (URC) commitments with Champions Cup, and the wicked travel schedule, forced Dobson to leave most of his “first choice” players at home.
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The Lions have surprised with a superb URC tour that culminated in three victories, in the process raising real hope that a talented squad finally has the ability to arrest years of underachievement.
1a man wasps in the premiership. they trailed by eight points with less than three minutes remaining before late tries from alex coles and this from courtnall skosan in the 81st minute sealed the win. they move up to sixth, while wasps are fourth from bottom after picking up two bonus points. in cricket, a week away from the start of the t20 world cup, england have beaten australia by 8 runs in theirfirst warm up match in perth they were put into bat, jos buttler made 68 whilst alex hales here hit 84 off 51 balls, nobody else really got going for england who reached 208 for 6. david warner then hit a half century but once alex hales caught him out here thanks to the bowling of mark wood the lower order couldn't deal with the pressure of the final three overs. australia falling just short. both teams will next meet on wednesday.