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Springbok flanker Ruan Venter will rejoice his fiftieth look for the Emirates Lions however there isn’t a signal of midfielder Henco van Wyk within the match day 23 because the facet put together to tackle defending Vodacom United Rugby Championship champions Glasgow Warriors on Saturday.
Van Wyk suffered a foot damage throughout final weekend’s loss to Cardiff and hasn’t sufficiently recovered to take his place on the bench, compounding a season of irritating accidents for him.
However for Venter the milestone will probably be welcome as he continues to construct his popularity as a fierce tackler and all spherical expertise, and will probably be hoping for a large efficiency in addition.
Venter is a part of an unchanged beginning line-up, as coach Ivan van Rooyen has stored religion within the staff regardless of their failings in opposition to Cardiff the place they dominated each statistic besides the scoreboard.
Mannie Rass will proceed at 13 in Van Wyk’s absence whereas Venter will associate once more with JC Pretorius and captain Francke Horn within the unfastened trio.
On the bench Rynhardt Jonker is available in to exchange Van Wyk because the Lions search for improved ending this week in opposition to the champions.
Emirates Lions: Quan Horn; Richard Kriel, Mannie Rass, Marius Louw, Edwill van der Merwe; Gianni Lombard, Nico Steyn; Francke Horn (captain), Ruan Venter, JC Pretorius, Darrien Landsberg, Ruben Schoeman, Asenathi Ntlabakanye, PJ Botha, Juan Schoeman.
Replacements: Franco Marais, SJ Kotze, RF Schoeman, Ruan Delport, Siba Qoma, Layton Horn, Jarod Cairns, Rynhardt Jonker.
