JOHANNESBURG (Reuters) - Wing Ruan Combrinck slotted a 55-metre winning penalty two minutes from time as the Lions survived a massive scare to defeat the unfancied Sharks 23-21 in a dramatic Super Rugby quarter-final at Ellis Park on Saturday.
The Lions, who topped the overall Super Rugby log in the regular season, were well short of their best as an error-strewn performance kept the Sharks in the contest right up until the end.
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