Emirates Lions head coach, Ivan van Rooyen named his squad to travel to Cape Town to face the DHL Stormers at 15:45 (SA Time) in a Round 8 fixture of the United Rugby Championship.
Van Rooyen made only one change to the starting line-up that beat Section Paloise 43-35 a week ago at the Emirates Airline Park in a Round 2 match of the EPCR Challenge Cup. Lock Ruan Delport to replace injured Reinhard Nothnagel at lock.
Captain Marius Louw will run out for his 50th international match for the Emirates Lions. Morgan Naude makes a return off the bench after recovering from an arm niggle suffered against Ospreys in the Challenge Cup while Sanele Nohamba will provide impact from the bench at 9 and 10.
Players not considered due to injury: Reinhard Nothnagel, Henco van Wyk, Quan Horn, Ruan Venter, Siba Qoma
Emirates Lions: 15 Tapiwa Mafura, 14 Rabz Maxwane, 13 Erich Cronje, 12 Marius Louw (c), 11 Edwill van der Merwe, 10 Sam Francis, 9 Morne van den Berg, 8 Francke Horn, 7 WJ Steenkamp, 6 Jarod Cairns, 5. Ruan Delport, 4. Ruben Schoeman, 3. Asenathi Ntlabakanye, 2. PJ Botha, 1. Juan Schoeman. Replacements: 16. Franco Marais, 17. Morgan Naude, 18. Conraad van Vuuren, 19. Darrien Landsberg, 20. Izan Esterhuizen, 21. JC Pretorius, 22. Sanele Nohamba, 23. Manuel Rass.