The Emirates Lions' head of rugby Ivan le Roux made only two changes to his starting line-up to search for their first win of the 2023 United Rugby Championship season against Benetton at Stadio Comunale di Monigo, Treviso on Sunday at 15:30.
All changes were up front where Morgan Naude was promoted from the bench to replace Corne Fourie at loosehead while Hanru Sirgel came in at six replacing Ruan Venter on the side of the scrum.
Emirates Lions: 1 Morgan Naude, 2. PJ Botha, 3. Ruan Dreyer, 4. Ruben Schoeman, 5. Darrien-Lane Landsberg, 6. Emmanuel Tshituka, 7. Hanru Sirgel, 8. Francke Horn, 9. Sanele Nohamba, 10. Jordan Hendrikse, 11. Edwill van der Merwe, 12. Marius Louw (c), 13. Henco van Wyk, 14. Richard Kriel, 15. Quan Horn. Replacements: 16. Jaco Visagie, 17. Corne Fourie, 18. Asenathi Ntlabakanye, 19. Willem Alberts, 20. JC Pretorius, 21. Morne van den Berg, 22. Rynardt Jonker, 23. Andries Coetzee.
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