Emirates Lions head coach, Ivan van Rooyen has made eleven changes to his line-up that will host Stade Français Paris on Friday at 19h30 in their second EPCR Challenge Cup of the 2022/23 season.
Ap front Jaco Kriel takes over the captaincy while Emmanuel Tshituka and Kriel are the only survivors upfront while Andries Coetzee and Edwill van der Merwe survived the axe at the back.
Emirates Lions: 15 Andries Coetzee, 14 Edwill vd Merwe, 13 Henco vaan Wyk,12 Marius Louw, 11 Quan Horne, 10 Jordan Hendrikse, 9 Anaele Nohamba, 8 Emmanuel Tshituka, 7 Ruan Venter, 6 Jaco Kriel (c), 5 Pieter Jansen van Vuuren, 4 Wille Alberts, 3 Asenathi Ntlabakanye, 2 Jaco Visagie, 1 JP Smith. Replacements: 16. Michael van Vuuren, 17. Sti Sithole, 18. Ruan Smith, 19. Reinhard Nothnagel, 20. Darrien Landsberg, 21. Sibusiso Sangweni, 22. Andre Warner, 23. Rynhardt Jonker.
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