Emirates Lions side to take on the Sunwolves
The Emirates Lions side to take on the Sun Wolves in the Prince Chichibu Memorial Stadium in Tokyo on Saturday 27 February boast no surprises as coach Johan Ackermann went with experience and consistency.
There are no new Super Rugby caps in the starting XV that will be captained by Warren Whiteley.
The most experienced Super Rugby players are Elton Jantjies at 54 and Whiteley with 52 caps followed by Lionel Mapoe (46) and Jaco Kriel (38).
On the bench newcomers to the competition include young front ranker Dylan Smith, loose forward Ruan Ackermann and back Rohan Janse van Rensburg who all had a taste of Currie Cup in 2015.
Kick-off is at 06:15 SA time.
- Super Rugby caps in brackets
SUPER RUGBY TEAM LIST
| TEAM: EMIRATES LIONS |
| DATE: 27 FEBRUARY 2016 |
| (Home team) SUNWOLVES v EMIRATES LIONS (VISITING team) |
Players: (Please see Notes 1/2/3)
| No. | Position | name | NOTES |
| 1 | LOOSEHEAD PROP | RUAN DREYER (35) | FR |
| 2 | HOOKER | ROBBIE COETZEE (26) | FR |
| 3 | TIGHTHEAD PROP | JULIAN REDELINGHUYS (30) | FR |
| 4 | LEFT LOCK | ANDRIES FERREIRA (7) | |
| 5 | RIGHT LOCK | FRANCO MOSTERT (30) | |
| 6 | LEFT FLANKER | JACO KRIEL (38) | |
| 7 | RIGHT FLANKER | WARWICK TECKLENBURG (29) | |
| 8 | NUMBER EIGHT | WARREN WHITELEY (52) | © |
| 9 | SCRUMHALF | FAF DE KLERK (12) | |
| 10 | FLYHALF | ELTON JANTJIES (54) | |
| 11 | LEFT WING | COURTNAL SKOSAN (19) | |
| 12 | INSIDE CENTRE | HOWARD MNISI (14) | |
| 13 | OUTSIDE CENTRE | LIONEL MAPOE (46) | |
| 14 | RIGHT WING | RUAN COMBRINCK (28) | |
| 15 | FULLBACK | ANDRIES COETZEE (31) | |
| Replacements: | |||
| In order from Hooker to Full Back – Please see notes 2/3 | |||
| 16. | RESERVE | MALCOLM MARX (6) | FR |
| 17. | RESERVE | DYLAN SMITH | FR |
| 18. | RESERVE | JACQUES VAN ROOYEN (18) | FR |
| 19. | RESERVE | ROBERT KRUGER (23) | |
| 20. | RESERVE | RUAN ACKERMANN | |
| 21. | RESERVE | JACO VAN DER WALT (4) | |
| 22. | RESERVE | HAROLD VORSTER (15) | |
| 23. | RESERVE | ROHAN JANSE VAN RENSBURG | |
Note (1) Please indicate Captain with a “(C)” and Vice Captain with a “(VC)” in front of their name
Note (2) Please indicate with “(FR)” which players can play in front row.
Note (3) Should there be doubts about the fitness of a player, the name of his replacement should the player concerned fail the fitness test may be entered in the “Notes” column.
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