The Leopards u/20 coaches made several changes to the team that narrowly lost to the Vodacom Blue Bulls. The Leopards u/20 will travel to Emirates Airline Park on Saturday where they will face the Lions u/20s at 12:30 (SA Time) in Round 2 of the 2023 SA Rugby u/20 Cup.
Two changes were made at the back. Keagan Coerecius replaces Faf Osuala as fullback while JP Britz replaces Christiaan Gates as the flyhalf.
Gustav Du Bois, #8 was promoted from the bench and replaces Hanru Jansen who drops to the bench while Luke Bock replaces Kyle Valentine at the side of the scrum. JD van Zyl replaces Schalk van Schalkwyk at lock while the last change sees Divan Muller replacing Pierre de Villiers at the tight head.
Leopards u/20: 15. Keagan Coerecius, 14. Farai Sibanda, 13. Johan Leonard, 12. Stuff Heath, 11. Angelo Daniels, 10. JP Britz, 9. Johannes Fourie, 8. Gustav du Bois, 7. Luke Block, 6. Daniel Verster (c), 5. Zihan Bench, 4. JD van Zyl, 3. Divan Muller, 2. Abre Griesel, 1. Lalhuma Dyanti. Replacements: 16. JP Olivier, 17. Lachance Tchokonte-Nana, 18. Pierre de Villiers, 19. Schalk van Schalkwyk , 20. Hanru Jansen, 21. Zack Serfontein, 22. Reuben Noble, 23. Emile Geyser.