Ruan Venter will have fun his fiftieth look for the Lions as coach Money van Rooyen has retained an unchanged beginning XV for the conflict with defending URC champions Glasgow Warriors on Saturday night time.
The Lions fell out of the highest 8 to thirteenth place after the reverse in Cardiff final week however nonetheless stay within the hunt with simply 4 factors separating Van Rooyen’s facet from Munster in sixth and Ellis Park scheduled to host 4 URC matches following the European tour.
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Henco van Wyk has been relegated to the stands together with Bok scrumhalf Morne van den Berg after the midfield dynamo suffered a foot harm throughout the defeat within the Welsh capital – Rynhardt Jonker has been promoted to the bench.
Captain Francke Horn runs out at No 8 in a back-row mixture with fetcher JC Pretorius and blindside bulldozer Ruan Venter, set to have fun his fiftieth cap for the Lions.
Veteran hooker PJ Botha is flanked by loosehead Juan Schoeman and tighthead Asenathi Ntlabakanye, the entrance row backed up by locks Ruben Schoeman and Darrien Landsberg are the lock pairing.
Within the backline, Nico Steyn companions Gianni Lombard within the halfbacks, whereas Marius Louw and Manuel Rass man the midfield. Quan Horn begins at fullback, linking with Springbok speedster Edwill van der Merwe and Richard Kriel within the again three.
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LIONS – 15 Quan Horn, 14 Richard Kriel, 13 Manuel Rass, 12 Marius Louw, 11 Edwill van der Merwe, 10 Gianni Lombard, 9 Nico Steyn, 8 Francke Horn (c), 7 Ruan Venter, 6 JC Pretorius, 5 Darrien Landsberg, 4 Ruben Schoeman, 3 Asenathi Ntlabakanye, 2 PJ Botha, 1 Juan Schoeman
Bench: 16 Franco Marais, 17 SJ Kotze, 18 RF Schoeman, 19 Ruan Delport, 20 Siba Qoma, 21 Jarod Cairns, 22 Layton Horn, 23 Rynhardt Jonker
Picture: Sydney Seshibedi/Gallo Photographs
