The Emirates Lions have named an unchanged match 23 to face Welsh side Scarlets for their second-round fixture of the Vodacom United Rugby Championship (VURC) at the Parc y Scarlets stadium in Llanelli, Wales on Friday, 01 October.
Emirates Lions head coach, Ivan 'Cash' van Rooyen believes his team have confidence going into tomorrow's game after a winning start to their campaign last week.
"We appreciate that Scarlets will pose a different challenge for us, but we are confident the players selected will once more aim for a positive result tomorrow."
"The team has prepared well in the lead-up to tomorrow, with a few productive planning sessions on and off the training field.
"Last week we spoke about momentum and that's what we would like maintain from here onwards," concluded van Rooyen.
Emirates Lions: 15 EW Viljoen, 14 Jamba Ulengo, 13 Wandisile Simelane, 12 Burger Odendaal (c), 11 Rabz Maxwane, 10 Jordan Hendrikse, 9 Andre Warner, 8 Francke Horn, 7 Vincent Tshituka, 6 Jaco Kriel, 5 Pieter Jansen Van Vuren, 4 Ruben Schoeman, 3 Carlu Sadie, 2 Jaco Visagie, 1 Ruan Dreyer. Replacements: 16 PJ Botha 17 Sti Sithole 18 Asenathi Ntlabakanye 19 Reinhard Nothnagel 20 Sibusiso Sangweni 21 Morne van den Berg 22 Eddie Fouche 23 Divan Rossouw.
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