Head Coach Ivan van Rooyen has taken the rotation approach with the bulk of the team who played against Munster returning and Marius Louw leading the men from Johannesburg against Section Paloise on Saturday at 17:15 SA Time at the Emirates Airline Park in Johannesburg.
Only Tapiwa Mafura, 14 Rabz Maxwane, 13 Erich Cronje, Sam Francis and WJ Steenkamp return from last weekend's 30-14 loss to the Ospreys.
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 Jarrod Cairns, 5 Reinhard Nothnagel, 4 Ruben Schoeman, 3 Asenathi Ntlabakanye, 2 PJ Botha, 1 Juan Schoeman. Replacements: 16 Jaco Visagie, 17 SJ Kotze, 18 RF Schoeman, 19 Ruan Delport, 20 JC Pretorius, 21 Nico Steyn, 22 Kade Wolhuter, 23 Manny Rass.