Cape Town - Golden Lions coach Johan Ackermann has named his team for their Currie Cup Premier Division clash against Griquas in Kimberley on Saturday (14:10 kick-off).
Ackermann has made three changes to his starting line-up from the one that beat the Pumas 68-26 in Johannesburg last weekend, as well as a further three on the bench.
Courtnall Skosan, MB Lusaseni and Dylan Smith will start against the Peacock Blues, while Corne Fourie, Bobby de Wee and Ruaan Lerm will warm the bench in the place of Justin Ackerman, MB Lusaseni and Victor Sekekete.
Teams:
Griquas
15 AJ Coertzen, 14 JW Jonker, 13 Jonathan Francke, 12 Clinton Swart, 11 Alshaun Bock, 10 Elgar Watts, 9 Rudi van Rooyen, 8 Jason Fraser, 7 RJ Liebenberg (captain), 6 Wendal Wehr, 5 Jonathan Janse van Rensburg, 4 Sias Koen, 3 Stephan Kotzé, 2 AJ le Roux, 1 Steph Roberts
Substitutes: 16 Marius Fourie, 17 Devon Martinus, 18 Mzwanele Zito, 19 Stephan Vermeulen, 20 Renier Botha, 21 André Swart, 22 Eric Zana
Golden Lions
15 Sylvian Mahuza, 14 Courtnall Skosan, 13 Stokkies Hanekom, 12 Howard Mnisi (co-captain), 11 Anthony Volmink, 10 Jaco van der Walt, 9 Ross Cronje (co-captain), 8 Ruan Ackermann, 7 Cyle Brink, 6 Steph de Wit, 5 Lourens Erasmus, 4 MB Lusaseni, 3 Jacques van Rooyen, 2 Armand ‘Akker’ van der Merwe, 1 Dylan Smith
Substitutes: 16 Ramone Samuels, 17 Corne Fourie, 18 Bobby de Wee, 19 Ruaan Lerm, 20 Dillon Smit, 21 Marnitz Boshoff, 22 Jacques Nel