Coach Ivan van Rooyen has made six changes to the Lions starting XV for Friday night’s URC clash against the Glasgow Warriors at Scotstoun Stadium.
The most notable is the return of Springbok scrumhalf Morné van den Berg, with Nico Steyn dropping to the bench.
The other changes are to the pack.
On-loan Griquas hooker Tiaan Lange gets his first start for the Lions, while props SJ Kotze and RF Schoeman come into the front row. Boan Venter provides loosehead cover among the replacements.
In the loose trio, Siba Mahashe and Siba Qoma start alongside captain Francke Horn with Batho Hlekani dropping out of the match 23.
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The bench includes experienced campaigners Dylan Sjoblom, Sikhumbuzo Notshe, Richard Kriel and Boeta Chamberlain.
The Lions dropped to 11th on the log after last week’s loss to Edinburgh, while Glasgow are second with three wins from four matches.
LIONS – 15 Quan Horn, 14 Kelly Mpeku, 13 Henco van Wyk, 12 Bronson Mills, 11 Erich Cronjé, 10 Chris Smith, 9 Morné van den Berg, 8 Francke Horne (c), 7 Siba Qoma, 6 Siba Mahashe, 5 Ruan Delport, 4 Etienne Oosthuizen, 3 RF Schoeman, 2 Tiaan Lange, 1 SJ Kotze.
Bench: 16 Morné Brandon, 17 Boan Venter, 18 Conraad van Vuuren, 19 Dylan Sjoblom, 20 Sikhumbuzo Notshe, 21 Nico Steyn, 22 Richard Kriel, 23 Boeta Chamberlain.
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