The Emirates Lions named their squad to travel to Durban for their final United Rugby Championship match of the year. Head Coach Ivan van Rooyen made four changes to his starting line-up to face the DHL Stormers in Cape Town on Saturday at 19h00 (SA Time).
Marius Louw was named as the new captain due to the injury of Reinhard Nothnagel, while Manny Rass and Morne van den Berg should make a return from the bench.
At the back, Rabz Maxwane replaces Edwill van der Merwe who replaces Quan Horn on the other side of the field. Henco van Wyk is the other change at the back, van Wyk replaces Rynhardt.
Up front, Jarrod Cairns replaces Darrien Landsberg in a reshuffled loosie combination while Pieter Jansen van Vuuren replaces injured captain Reinhard Nothnagel.
Emirates Lions: 15. Quan Horn, 14. Rabz Maxwane, 13. Henco van Wyk, 12. Marius Louw (c), 11. Edwill van der erwe, 10. Jordan Hendrikse, 9. Sanele Nohamba, 8. Emmanuel Tshituka 7. Ruan Venter, 6. Jarrod Cairns , 5. Pieter Jansen van Vuuren, 4. Willem Alberts, 3. Asenathi Ntlabakanye, 2. Pieter Botha, 1. JP Smith. Replacements: 16. Jaco Visagie, 17. Morgan Naude, 18. Ruan Smith, 19. Ruben Schoeman, 20. Sibusiso Sangweni, 21. Morne van den Bergh, 22. Gianni Lombard, 23. Manuel Ras.
