The Emirates Lions Head coach Ivan van Rooyen named his line-up to face Leinster on Saturday at 15:00 (SA Time) at the Emirates Airline Park in Johannesburg. Van Rooyen made wholesale changes to the starting line-up side that lost to Benetton in an EPCR Challenge Top 8 match.
Van Rooyen replaced his whole backline except for Richard Kriel who moved from centre to wing. Up front, Ruan Delport replaced Darrien Landsberg and Ruan Dreyer and PJ Botha joined Margan Naude in the front row.
Emirates Lions: 15 Quan Horn, 14 Richard Kriel, 13 Erich Cronje, 12 Marius Louw (c), 11 Edwill van der Merwe, 10 Sanele Nohamba, 9 Morne van den Berg, 8 Francke Horn, 7 Emmanuel Tshituka, 6 JC Pretorius, 5 Ruan Delport, 4 Willem Alberts, 3 Ruan Dreyer, 2. PJ Botha, 1 Morgan Naude. Replacements: 16 Jaco Visagie, 17 JP Smith, 18 Asenathi Ntlabakanye, 19 Reinhard Nothnagel, 20 Sibusiso Sangweni, 21 Nico Steyn, 22 Jordan Hendrikse, 23 Henco van Wyk.
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