Lions rue continued attacking impotence as key playmakers go down with injuries

The Lions' ultimately comprehensive 33-3 loss to Munster has been further exacerbated by severe doubts over the immediate fitness of key playmakers Jordan Hendrikse and Henco van Wyk.

Pivot Hendrikse, who had a difficult time dealing with Cork's howling wind in terms of tactical kicking, went down with an ankle problem in the second quarter and didn't return after half-time.

In turn, the energetic Van Wyk - who went on tour with South Africa 'A' late last year - had to be ushered off in the third quarter with what looked like a knee injury.

Both men will go for scans in Paris on Sunday, where the Lions meet Stade Francais in a European Challenge Cup meeting next weekend.

"Jordan and Henco are pretty sore," said head coach Ivan van Rooyen.

"We're travelling for quite a long time [on Saturday] and the injuries have to settle a bit for about 48 hours, so that's why we're waiting a bit. We hope it's not too bad."

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On a night where the scoreline didn't necessarily reflect the Lions' competitiveness, Van Rooyen believes things might've been different had referee Hollie Davidson awarded a penalty try in the opening quarter after the visitors put Munster's young front-row under immense pressure, which saw that particular set-piece crumble.

Instead, she merely applied a penalty advantage.

"We probably didn't get the reward we deserved after that third repeated scrum," said Van Rooyen.

"We felt we had ascendancy in that instance going forward and the decision probably proved a bit of a momentum-stopper. If we managed to score five or seven points there, we might've really put Munster under pressure."

However, that incident shouldn't detract from the Lions'