Ivan van Rooyen: Discipline key if Lions are to stop Glasgow's maul threat

Speaking after the Lions' recent outing against Edinburgh, Van Rooyen highlighted the threat posed by a Glasgow side that thrives on territory and physical dominance at the set-piece.

"We know Glasgow is a team that wants to play, and if your discipline isn't good, they're going to kick it to the corner and maul you with 10 or 12 players. So discipline is important for next week," he said.

"We also made three poor defensive decisions against Edinburgh and all three ended up in tries," he said.

"So, this is obviously something we need to look at this week. And then on the attack, we lost a bit of shape as well, and didn't really get momentum early on. That makes it difficult in the wet conditions.

"If you don't get momentum on the attack, then you have to go into a kicking game and hope to get the ball back or hope for favourable outcomes.

"So, we have a lot of small things we need to work on this week."

Van Rooyen admitted being without Etienne Oosthuizen would be a significant loss for them in Scottish conditions.

"His abilities and weight in these conditions were invaluable to us," Van Rooyen added.

"He also played in Europe for a very long time, so he is familiar with rugby here and the physical demand there is.

"His weight in the lineouts and scrums are worth gold and his loss was a massive setback. Etienne is also playing very good rugby at the moment.

"Dylan Sjoblom is a great athlete and he brings a different dynamic, but we missed Etienne's weight against Edinburgh." 

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