Easy like Sunday morning for Lions

At some stage during the Lions' 54-10 trashing of the Kings, the Ellis Park Stadium DJ got creative and blasted Lionel Ritchie's Easy Like Sunday Morning on the venue's speakers.

The song couldn't have been a more apt description as the game, unusually played on a Sunday afternoon, was a stroll in the park for the Lions.

A 14-man Lions side scored eight tries, including a brace from Kwagga Smith, while Elton Jantjies made five successful conversions and continued to make a strong case for a starting berth in the Springboks team to play a three-match series against France next month.

It was a convincing win for the home side as they played attacking rugby under the leadership of new Springbok captain Warren Whiteley. It was the Lions' 10th Super Rugby win on the trot.

They remain on course to breaking the 12-match South African winning streak the once mighty Bulls achieved in the 2009 and 2010 campaigns.

For the Kings, it is back to the drawing board and hopefully coach Deon Davids and his charges will take positives from this mauling against one of the best teams in the competition.

Persistent pressure by the Lions saw Andries Ferreira score the first try of the match with Jantjies failing to convert.

Nine minutes later, the Lions increased their lead through a try by left wing Courtnall Skosan.

Jantjies converted as the Lions began to take a grip on proceedings.

Just before the hour mark, the Kings finally got points when Pieter-Steyn de Wet scored from a penalty.

The Kings had to play the remaining nine minutes with a man down after referee Jaco Peyper showed a yellow card to Chris Cloete for charging into a dead ruck.

For the Lions it was far worse as they lost Robbie Coetzee for the rest of the match after he was shown red for connecting his knee with Cloete's head after Cloete charged into the ruck.

The Lions went to the break with a lead of 19-3 after Smith ran down the field, where he avoided a tackle along the way, to score.

Two minutes into the second half, Malcolm Marx scored the Lions' fourth try after a powerful driving maul and Jantjies converted it.

The Lions scored two converted tries in quick succession through Jacques van Rooyen and Smith.

The Kings finally scored their first try of the match through Luzuko Vulindlu and it was converted by De Wet.

But their joy was shortlived as Faf de Klerk and Andries Coetzee scored converted tries late in the match to complete the rout.