The Emirates Lions will head to Belfast in their final tour fixture of the Vodacom United Rugby Championship (VURC) to face Irish side, Ulster at Kingspan Stadium on Friday.
Carlu Sadie makes a return to the starting line-up, with Reinhard Nothnagel and Sibusiso Sangweni collecting their first starting berths in the VURC.
Nothnagel comes in for the injured Pieter Jansen van Vuren, while Sangweni features in what reflects a few selection rotations in the match 23.
Commenting on last week’s performance against Glasgow Warriors, Emirates Lions head coach, Ivan van Rooyen, was upbeat ahead of his team’s fourth-round encounter.
“There were quite a few aspects we felt we improved on in our performance against Glasgow Warriors last week, and that’s the kind of momentum we want to take into the Ulster game.”
“This is the final game of our 4-week tour so naturally, we want to end it on a high,” he concluded.
Wilhelm van der Sluys, Emmanuel Tshituka and flyhalf Fred Zeilinga will all have an opportunity to make their tournament debuts off the substitutes bench on Friday.
Emirates Lions
Sti Sithole
Jaco Visagie
Carlu Sadie
Ruben Schoeman
Reinhard Nothnagel
Sibusiso Sangweni
Vincent Tshituka
Ruhan Straeuli
Andre Warner
EW Viljoen
Rabz Maxwane
Burger Odendaal (c)
Manuel Rass
Stean Pienaar
Divan Rossouw
Replacements
PJ Botha
Ruan Dreyer
Asenathi Ntlabakanye
Wilhelm van der Sluys
Emmanuel Tshituka
Morne van den Berg
Fred Zeilinga
Wandisile Simelane