Salmaan Moerat will make his 50th DHL Stormers appearance as Deon Fourie headlines a contingent of returning Springboks to face the Lions in Cape Town on Saturday.
Lock Moerat starts the Vodacom URC round 8 clash at Cape Town Stadium, while veteran flanker Fourie makes his long-awaited return from injury and will captain the team in the South African derby.
Springboks Manie Libbok, Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu and Ben-Jason Dixon have all recovered from recent concussions to take their place in a starting lineup which will also feature two-time World Cup-winning prop Frans Malherbe.
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Director of rugby John Dobson said that having five Springboks return from injury is a timely boost ahead of such a big game.
“We welcome back some real quality into our team this week and there has been a sense of focused determination within the group,” he said.
“These festive derbies are big occasions and we will need to step up against a very competitive Lions team.
“This will be just our second match at Cape Town Stadium this season and we know that it will require a big performance to get the result that we need.”
Stormers – 15 Warrick Gelant, 14 Suleiman Hartzenberg, 13 Ruhan Nel, 12 Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, 11 Leolin Zas, 10 Manie Libbok, 9 Herschel Jantjies, 8 Marcel Theunissen, 7 Ben-Jason Dixon, 6 Deon Fourie (c), 5 JD Schickerling, 4 Salmaan Moerat, 3 Frans Malherbe, 2 Joseph Dweba, 1 Ali Vermaak.
Subs: 16 JJ Kotze, 17 Brok Harris, 18 Neethling Fouche, 19 Adre Smith, 20 Willie Engelbrecht, 21 Paul de Villiers, 22 Paul de Wet, 23 Jean-Luc du Plessis.
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