Mitchell rings the changes ahead of Cheetahs clash
The Golden Lions Rugby Union announced the MTN Lions team to play in their sixth match of the 2012 Vodacom Super Rugby competition against the Toyota Cheetahs on Saturday, 7 April 2012 at a press conference this morning.
There are nine changes to the MTN Lions team that faced the Crusaders last weekend:
• Martin Bezuidenhout replaces Callie Visagie at Hooker
• Paul Willemse replaces Marius Coetzer at Left Lock
• Cobus Grobbelaar replaces Derick Minnie at Left Flanker
• Derick Minnie replaces Joshua Strauss at Right Flanker
• Joshua Strauss replaces Warren Whiteley at Number Eight
• Elton Jantjies returns to the starting lineup, replacing Butch James at Flyhalf
• Butch James replaces Alwyn Hollenbach at Inside Centre
• Alwyn Hollenbach replaces Jaco Taute at Outside Centre
• Jaco Taute replaces James Kamana at Fullback
The entire bench is different from the Crusaders match.
The MTN Lions team is as follows:
15. Jaco Taute, 14. Deon Van Rensburg, 13. Alwyn Hollenbach, 12. Butch James, 11. Andries Coetzee, 10. Elton Jantjies, 9. Tian Meyer, 8. Joshua Strauss , 7. Derick Minnie, 6. Cobus Grobbelaar, 5. Franco Van der Merwe, 4. Paul Willemse, 3. Patric Cilliers, 2. Martin Bezuidenhout, 1. Caylib Oosthuizen.
Reserves:
16. Callie Visagie, 17. Ruan Dreyer, 18. Marius Coetzer, 19. Etienne Oosthuizen, 20. Michael Bondesio, 21. Lionel Mapoe, 22. James Kamana.
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