{"id":318756,"date":"2026-05-30T16:51:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-30T14:51:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/diepapier\/?p=318756"},"modified":"2026-05-31T08:06:38","modified_gmt":"2026-05-31T06:06:38","slug":"vrk-taai-stryd-teen-leinster-wag-op-lions-in-ierland","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/novanews.co.za\/diepapier\/vrk-taai-stryd-teen-leinster-wag-op-lions-in-ierland\/","title":{"rendered":"VRK: Taai stryd teen Leinster wag op Lions in Ierland"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Die Lions het \u2019n tydige hupstoot ontvang voor hul eerste uitspeelwedstryd sedert hulle in 2021 saam met die ander SA spanne by die Verenigde Rugbykampioenskap aangesluit het. Beide kaptein Francke Horn en senter Henco van Wyk sal Saterdag om 21:00 SA tyd teen Leinster in Dublin uitdraf.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Maar alles is nie maanskyn en \u2019n mooi rooi rosekleur nie. Skrumskakel Nico Steyn skuif in die beginspan in om die plek van die beseerde Morn\u00e9 van den Berg, wat van \u2019n armbesering herstel. 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Beide kaptein Francke Horn en senter Henco van Wyk sal Saterdag om 21:00 SA tyd teen Leinster in Dublin uitdraf. 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