**Connacht moved one win away from completing a clean sweep of the United Rugby Championship’s South African sides as they edged the Emirates Lions 33-30 in a thrilling contest in Johannesburg.** The Westerners saw off the Bulls and the Stormers at home earlier in the season and Saturday’s victory at Emirates Airline Park was just the second win by a northern hemisphere side in South Africa this season. Cian Prendergast’s early touchdown and a penalty try put Connacht in control but the Lions hit back through Rabz Maxwane and Morne van den Berg either side of the break.
