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THERE’S no need to panic! That was the assured response of new Golden Lions head coach Swys de Bruin after his side gave up 31-5 lead against the Sharks at Ellis Park on Saturday to lose 47-31.

It was the Lions’ third defeat in four games in this year’s Currie Cup and leaves them in sixth place on the seventeam standings of the Premier Division.

The new-look Lions – with several star players out of the mix due to international duty – raced into a 24-5 lead at halftime and then went