WHITELEY BACK TO LEAD LIONS

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Warren Whiteley will captain the Emirates Lions when they face the Cell C Sharks in Durban on Saturday and Malcolm Marx will run out in his 50th Vodacom Super Rugby match.

Whiteley returns to Super Rugby action after injury side-lined him in March this year. Also back from injury are Marx and Ross Cronjé while Courtnall Skosan should taste his first Super Rugby action of the year from the bench.

A Lions side brimming with experience has been selected for this big local derby which sees Springboks Aphiwe Dyantyi and Ruan Combrinck covering the wings, Franco Mostert with Marvin Orie at lock and a front-row of Dylan Smith, Marx and Ruan Dreyer.

While the Super Rugby match is the main attraction in Durban this weekend, the curtain raiser will draw just as much attention with the Xerox Golden Lions and Sharks XV facing off in the SuperSport Rugby Challenge quarter-final.

The Lions Rugby Company is excited about the wealth of talent coming through its ranks as four youngsters that represented South Africa at the World Under 20 championships in France earlier in the year have been included in their side for this encounter. Wandisile Similane, the SA U/20 vice-captain, Tyrone Green, Manuel Rass and Gianni Lombard will all start against the Sharks XV while PJ Steenkamp will warm the bench.

The Supersport Rugby Challenge quarter-final kicks off at 14:15 and the Vodacom Super Rugby game at 17:15.

 

Emirates Lions vs Cell C Sharks:

1 Dylan Smith

2 Malcolm Marx

3 Ruan Dreyer

4 Marvin Orie

5 Franco Mostert

6 Kwagga Smith

7 Cyle Brink

8 Warren Whiteley ©

9 Ross Cronje

10 Elton Jantjies

11 Aphiwe Dyantyi

12 Harold Vorster

13 Lionel Mapoe

14 Ruan Combrink

15 Andries Coetzee

 

16 Corné Fourie

17 Jacques van Rooyen

18 Johannes Jonker

19 Lourens Erasmus

20 Hacjivah Dayimani

21 Marnus Schoeman

22 Nic Groom

23 Courtnall Skosan

 

Xerox Golden Lions vs Sharks VX:

1 Sithembiso Sithole

2 Pieter Jansen

3 Jacobie Adriaanse

4 Robert Kruger

5 Rhyno Herbst ©

6 James Venter

7 Vincent Tshituka

8 Len Massyn

9 Bradley Thain

10 Shaun Reynolds

11 Tyrone Green

12 Manuel Rass

13 Wandisile Simelane

14 Sylvian Mahuza

15 Gianni Lombard

 

16 H.P van Schoor

17 Chergin Fillies

18 Reinhard Nothnagel

19 PJ Steenkamp

20 Morné van den Berg

21 Jan-Louis La Grange

22 Madosh Tambwe

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