Head coach Ivan van Rooyen must rally his troops ahead their URC quarter-final against Leinster on Saturday night.
It is probably only those diehards who brave Ellis Park for Lions home games who believe their team will play the Stormers in a URC semi-final in Cape Town on June 6, should the latter beat Cardiff this weekend in the URC quarter-finals.
Those same Lions fans might also reckon there is a fair chance Cardiff could win, which would mean the minor miracle of the Lions hosting a semi-final in Johannesburg.
All of this, of course, depends on the Lions producing one of rugby’s great modern upsets by toppling Leinster at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin on Saturday (9pm kick-off).
Few can see that happening, especially given the existential crisis rocking the Dubliners after they were not so much put to the sword but positively guillotined by Bordeaux in last week’s Champions Cup final in London.
