Lions stick with winning squad
Lions coach Johan Ackermann has named an unchanged team for Friday night’s Super Rugby clash against the Southern Kings at Ellis Park -- Kick-off 19h00..
Lions coach Johan Ackermann has named his team for Friday night’s South African Super Rugby derby against the Southern Kings at Ellis Park.
Ackermann has named an unchanged 23-man squad from the one which hammered the Sharks 37-10 last weekend.
The most capped Lions player is Elton Jantjies, with 66 caps, followed by Lionel Mapoe, with 58 and skipper Jaco Kriel on 51.
Kick-off for Friday’s clash is scheduled for 19:00.
Teams:
Lions
15 Andries Coetzee, 14 Ruan Combrinck, 13 Lionel Mapoe, 12 Rohan Janse van Rensburg, 11 Courtnall Skosan, 10 Elton Jantjies, 9 Faf de Klerk, 8 Ruan Ackermann, 7 Warwick Tecklenburg, 6 Jaco Kriel (captain), 5 Franco Mostert, 4 Andries Ferreira, 3 Julian Redelinghuys, 2 Malcolm Marx, 1 Dylan Smith
Substitutes: 16 Armand Van Der Merwe,17 Corne Fourie, 18 Jacques van Rooyen,19 Lourens Erasmus, 20 Cyle Brink, 21 Ross Cronje, 22 Howard Mnisi, 23 Sylvian Mahuza.