Cape Town - The Jaguares have made seven changes ahead of their pre-season friendly match against the Lions at Wits University on Friday night (19:00 kick-off).
Six of the changes are up front, with No 8 Leonardo Senatore, flanks Javier Ortega Desio and Pablo Matera, lock Guido Petti and props Ramiro Herrera and Lucas Noguera Paz all starting.
In the backline, wing Emiliano Boffelli will start ahead of Matías Orlando.
The Jaguares lost 29-14 to the Stormers at Newlands last weekend and Friday’s clash will be their last before opening their Super Rugby campaign against the Cheetahs in Bloemfontein next Friday.
Teams:
Lions
15 JW Bell, 14 Koch Marx, 13 Stokkies Hanekom, 12 Harold Vorster, 11 Anthony Volmink, 10 Marnitz Boshoff, 9 Dillon Smit, 8 Ruan Ackermann, 7 Cyle Brink, 6 Stephan de Wit, 5 MB Lusaseni (captain), 4 Andries Ferreira, 3 Pieter Scholtz, 2 Armand van der Merwe, 1 Corne Fourie
Substitutes: 16 Malcolm Marx, 17 Dylan Smith, 18 Jacques van Rooyen, 19 Lourens Erasmus, 20 Bobby de Wee, 21 Martin Muller, 22 Ramone Smuels, 23 Fabian Booysen, 24 Ruaan Lerm, 25 Jaco van der Walt, 26 Rohan Janse van Rensburg, 27 Jacques Nel, 28 Ashlon Davids, 29 Marco Jansen van Vuren, 30 Ricky Schroeder, 31 Selom Gavor
Jaguares
15 Joaquín Tuculet, 14 Emiliano Boffelli, 13 Matías Moroni, 12 Jerónimo De La Fuente, 11 Santiago Cordero, 10 Nicolás Sánchez, 9 Martín Landajo, 8 Leonardo Senatore, 7 Javier Ortega Desio, 6 Pablo Matera, 5 Tomas Lavanini, 4 Guido Petti, 3 Ramiro Herrera, 2 Agustín Creevy (captain), 1 Lucas Noguera Paz.
Substitutes: 16 Santiago García Botta, 17 Julian Montoya, 18 Felipe Arregui, 19 Felipe Ezcurra, 20 Santiago González Iglesias, 21 Rodrigo Baez, 22 Gonzalo Bertranou, 23 Joaquín Paz, 24 Matías Orlando, 25 Facundo Isa, 26 Matías Alemanno, 27 Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro