Fit-again Quan Horn will earn his 50th cap for the Lions when they lock horns with Cardiff in Johannesburg on Saturday.
The Lions host the Welsh outfit in round 16 of the Vodacom URC at Ellis Park. With three rounds of the regular season remaining, Ivan van Rooyen’s charges are in 11th place on the standings, while Cardiff languish in the bottom half of the table in 12th spot.
The Johannesburgers have kept a relatively settled matchday 23 from the team that went down to defending champions Munster on the Highveld two weeks ago.
The only change to the backline sees Horn return from injury at fullback to replace Jordan Hendrikse, who drops to the bench.
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There are several rotational switches to the starting pack, as hooker PJ Botha and blindside flanker Ruan Venter trade places with Jaco Visagie and Emmanuel Tshituka, respectively.
Also, Asenathi Ntlabakanye returns at tighthead prop with Ruan Dreyer moving to loosehead.
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 JC Pretorius, 6 Ruan Venter, 5 Ruan Delport, 4 Willem Alberts, 3 Asenathi Ntlabakanye, 2 PJ Botha, 1 Ruan Dreyer.
Subs: 16 Jaco Visagie, 17 JP Smith, 18 Conrad van Vuuren, 19 Reinhard Nothnagel, 20 Emmanuel Tshituka, 21 Hanru Sirgel, 22 Jordan Hendrikse, 23 Gianni Lombard.
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