The Lions u/20 will look to return to winning ways after their shock defeat to the Cell C Sharks when they host the Vodacom Bulls @ 15h00 tomorrow.
Several changes and positional changes were made. At the Back K Smith and Kelly Mpeku change roles with T van Wyk replacing Nico Steyn at scrumhalf.
Upfront A Weideman is promoted from the bench at lock while Nathan Lianis is replaced with Henk Gouws who moves from lock to the side of the scrum. Lianis will move to the bench.
Lions u/20: 15. Kelly Mpeku 14. S Dlamini 13. K Smith 12. Bronson Mills 11. L Maphisa 10. Sihlalo Benge 9. T van Wyk 8. Sisonke Vumazonke 7. Henk Gouws, 6. Joshua van Vreden ( c), 5. Justin Kalamer, 4. A Weideman, .3. John Kelly Okonkwo 2. Ricardo Fourie 1. Heiko Pohlmann. Replacements: 16. M Grobbelaar, 17. SJ Kotze 18. Stian de Bruyn 19. D Botha 20. N Lianis, 21. Brenwyn Bosch 22. Josh Herold 23. N Shabangu 24.Ndinovuyo Holiday, 25.T van Wijk 26. D Moss
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