Emirates Lions head coach, Ivan van Rooyen made three changes to the team that lost to the Ospreys, for their trip to Pretoria where they will face the Vodacom Bulls on Saturday at 15:00 (SA Time).
Up front Jaco Visagie replaces PJ Botha as hooker while Hanru Sirgel is back at flank replacing JC Pretorius who drops to the bench.
At the back Morne van den Berg comes in as scrumhalf while Sanele Nohamba moves back to flyhalf.
Emirates Lions: 1. JP Smith, 2. Jaco Visagie, 3. Asenathi Ntlabakanye, 4. Ruben Schoeman, 5. Reinhard Nothnagel, 6. Hanru Sirgel, 7. Emmanuel Tshituka, 8. Francke Horn, 9. Morne van den Berg, 10. Sanele Nohamba, 11. Edwill van der Merwe, 12. Marius Louw (c), 13. Henco van Wyk, 14. Richard Kriel, 15. Quan Horn. Replacements: 16. Morne Brandon, 17. Morgan Naude, 18. Ruan Dreyer, 19. Darrien Landsberg, 20. Izan Esterhuizen, 21. JC Pretorius, 21. Jordan Hendrikse, 23. Erich Cronje.
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