Ivan Rooyen, Head Coach of the Emirates Lions made four changes to the line-up to face Munster on Friday at Musgrave Park at 21:35 (SA Time).
Up front see Emile van Heerden set to make his debut in replacing Ruan Venter at the side of the scrum, while Venter joins Darrien Landsberg as a new lock pairing replacing Willem Alberts.
Morne van den Berg replaced Sanele Nohamba at scrumhalf while Stean Pienaar replaces the injured Rabs Maxwane on the wing.
Emirates Lions: 15. Quan Horn, 14. Stean Pienaar, 13. Henco van Wyk, 12. Marius Louw (c), 11. Edwill van der Merwe, 10. Jordan Hendrikse, 9. Morne van den Berg, 8. Emmanuel Tshituka, 7. Eile van Heerden, 6. Jarod Cairns, 5. Pieter Jansen van Vuren, 4. Rua Venter, 3. Asenathi Ntlabakanye, 2. Pieter Botha, 1. Jean-Pierre Smith. Replacements: 16. Michael van Vuuren, 17. Morgan Naude, 18. Ruan Smith, 19. Willem Alberts, 20. Sibusiso Sangweni, 21. Andre Warner, 22. Gianni Lombard, 23. Manuel Rass.
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