Fidelity ADT Lions Head Coach Mziwakhe Nkosi made several changes to the line-up to travel to Bloemfontein facing the Toyota Cheetahs on Saturday at 17:00 (SA Time).
Flyhalf Kade Wolhuter returns after recovering from injury while Morgan Naude starts at loosehead prop with regular captain Jaco Visagie back to lead the side. Tiaan Wessels gets a starting opportunity in the eight jersey.
On the bench Asenathi Ntlabakanye, JC Pretorius and Marius Louw are lso added to the Match Day 23 to provide impact from the bench
Fidelity ADT Lions Head Coach Mziwakhe Nkosi said, “Our fixture in Bloemfontein against the Cheetahs promises to be a spectacle all things considered. No doubt they’ll be smarting from their result last week. Having said that, our performance was far from perfect even though we were happy with the result and the five points."
"We’ve had an opportunity to remedy a few things of concern for us, we’re travelling with confidence to walk away with a positive result. It’s getting to the business end of the competition and these next couple of rounds are critical in terms of the standings and the fight for the play-offs. We hope to put our best foot forward and ensure we’re at the races come that time.”
Fidelity ADT Lions: 1 Morgan Naude, 2 Jaco Visagie (c), 3 RF Schoeman, 4 Ruben Schoeman, 5 Darrien Landsberg, 6 Renzo du Plessis, 7 Siba Qoma, 8 Tiaan Wessels, 9 Nico Steyn, 10 Kade Wolhuter, 11 Rabz Maxwane, 12 Rynhardt Jonker, 13 Kelly Mpeku, 14 Boldwin Hansen, 15 Tapiwa Mafura. Replacements: 16 Morne Brandon, 17 Heiko Pohlmann, 18 Asenathi Ntabakanye, 19 Raynard Roets, 20 Luca Ribbens, 21 JC Pretorius, 22 Layton Horn, 23. Marius Louw.