The coaches of the Lions u/20s made several changes to their starting line-up to travel to Bloemfontein for their final match of the season, against the Toyota Free State u20s at the CUT Stadium @ 13h00.
Three changes were made at the back. J Jonas replaces K Smith at the outside centre. Jonas moves to the wing for this match. S Francis(10) and Bronwyn Bosch (9) are the new halfback pairing.
Upfront they welcome back Tian Wessels at the side of the scrum replacing H Gouws who moves to lock. Stian de Bruyn is the last change upfront and replaces John Kelly Okonkwo at tighthead.
Lions u/20: 15. Kelly Mpeku 14. S Dlamini 13. J Jonas, 12. Bronson Mills 11. K Smith 10. S Francis 9. Brenwyn Bosch 8. Sisonke Vumazonke 7. Tian Wessels, 6. Joshua van Vreden ( c), 5. H Gouws, 4. Justin Kalamer, 3. Stian de Bruyn 2. Ricardo Fourie 1. Heiko Pohlmann. Replacements: 16. M Grobbelaar, 17. N Holiday 18. RF Schoeman, 19. D Botha 20. N Lianis, 21. T van Wyk, 22. S Benge, 23. L Sithole, 24. S Nanto.
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