Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu will start at fullback in one of two changes to the DHL Stormers backline for the clash with the Lions in Cape Town on Saturday.
The DHL Stormers will end the regular season with a South African derby in front of their home fans, which kicks off at 1.45pm.
John Dobson has made five changes to the starting lineup, two of those injury-enforced in the backline.
Wandisile Simelane comes in at outside centre, with Dan du Plessis inside him to replace the injured Damian Willemse. Feinberg-Mngomezulu starts at fullback with Warrick Gelant being rested as a precaution due to a slight niggle.
The hard-working Ben-Jason Dixon will earn his 50th Stormers cap, in an unchanged back row alongside Hacjivah Dayimani and Evan Roos.
There is an all-new front row of props Neethling Fouche and Sti Sithole and hooker Andre-Hugo Venter.
There is plenty of experience on the replacements bench with the two most-capped Stormers of all time Brok Harris and Frans Malherbe set to make an impact up front in the second half, while wing Ben Loader makes his return from injury.
Dobson said that his team is focused on taking some winning momentum into the play-offs.
“We have three solid wins under our belts and it is vital that we build on that in front of what will be a big crowd at DHL Stadium.
“We may have secured our place in the play-offs already, but this is a fantastic opportunity for us to make improvements to our game in the cauldron of a South African derby, which should be ideal preparation for the knock-out phase of the competition,” he said.
Stormers —15 Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, 14 Suleiman Hartzenberg, 13 Wandisile Simelane, 12 Dan du Plessis, 11 Angelo Davids, 10 Manie Libbok, 9 Herschel Jantjies, 8 Hacjivah Dayimani, 7 Ben-Jason Dixon, 6 Evan Roos, 5 Ruben van Heerden, 4 Salmaan Moerat (c), 3 Neethling Fouche, 2 Andre-Hugo Venter, 1 Sti Sithole.
Subs: 16 Joseph Dweba, 17 Brok Harris, 18 Frans Malherbe, 19 Adre Smith, 20 Marcel Theunissen, 21 Stefan Ungerer, 22 Jean-Luc du Plessis, 23 Ben Loader.
Photo: Steve Haag Sports/Gallo Images
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