The Lions certified for the primary Problem Cup playoff spherical by ending in fourth place of their EPCR pool after successful two of their 4 matches.
There isn’t any doubt that the group from Johannesburg shall be considered because the underdogs on the Hive Stadium towards Edinburgh, who’ve gained their final three EPCR Problem Cup matches and who completed their pool because the top-placed group.
Nonetheless, with the Lions’ backs towards the wall after three defeats in a row within the United Rugby Championship, and the group nonetheless hurting from their heavy 42-0 defeat towards the Glasgow Warriors final week, they week they may have all of the motivation they should create an upset and advance to the quarter-finals.
Match Data – EPCR Problem Cup Spherical of 16:
Edinburgh v Lions
Date: Friday, 4 April
Venue: Hive Stadium, London
SA Time: 21h00
Referee: Ludovic Cayre
TV: SuperSport
Problem Cup | Reside scoring: Lions v Edinburgh
The Lions, who’ve blown cold and warm this season, shall be decided to get their season again on monitor and construct successful momentum – not solely to progress additional within the European showpiece, but additionally with their different goal in thoughts of staking a declare for a URC playoff spot when the competitors resumes in two weeks.
With each groups boasting 18 tries apiece of their EPCR Problem Cup marketing campaign to this point and the Johannesburgers having the psychological increase of getting thumped Edinburgh 55-21 the final time they crossed paths within the URC, they may enter the match assured about turning round their season.
Groups
Edinburgh: 15 Wes Goosen, 14 Darcy Graham, 13 Matt Currie, 12 James Lang, 11 Ross McCann, 10 Ross Thompson, 9 Ben Vellacott (captain), 8 Magnus Bradbury, 7 Hamish Watson, 6 Jamie Ritchie, 5 Grant Gilchrist (captain), 4 Sam Skinner, 3 Paul Hill, 2 Dave Cherry, 1 Pierre Schoeman.
Replacements: 16 Ewan Ashman, 17 Boan Venter, 18 Javan Sebastian, 19 Glen Younger, 20 Freddy Douglas, 21 Ali Worth, 22 Cammy Scott, 23 Jack Brown.
Lions: 15 Quan Horn, 14 Richard Kriel, 13 Manuel Rass, 12 Rynhardt Jonker, 11 Edwill van der Merwe, 10 Gianni Lombard, 9 Morne van den Berg, 8 Francke Horn (captain), 7 Ruan Venter, 6 Jarod Cairns, 5 Darrien Landsberg, 4 Ruben Schoeman, 3 Asenathi Ntlabakanye, 2 Franco Marais, 1 SJ Kotze.
Replacements: 16 Jaco Visagie, 17 Juan Schoeman, 18 RF Schoeman, 19 Izan Esterhuizen, 20 Siba Qoma, 21 Nico Steyn, 22 JC Pretorius, 23 Marius Louw.
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