A burst of four converted tries in the first 16 minutes of the match set the Lions up for a decisive 51-14 win over the EP Kings at the Nelson Mandela Bay stadium in the opening weekend of the tournament.

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Two of the Kings' cavalry have come away with fresh injuries after the defeat, the team doctor confirmed on Tuesday.

Prop Lizo Gqoboka has a pectoral muscle strain and his time on the sideline is still to be confirmed while flank Paul Schoeman is setback with a knee injury which is under investigation this week.

Basil Short (flexor left foot strain) is expected to return to training in two weeks

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Other long-term injury concerns for the Kings are lock David Bulbring (shoulder dislocation, four months), loose forward Aidon Davis (PCL tear, nine months) and midfielder Shane Gates ( foot fracture, four weeks).

Gary van Aswegen, Charles Marais and Michael Bernardt are all going according to plan with rehabilitation schedules.

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