MTN Lions team named to face Province

Sep 26 • General News, South Africa • 2344 Views • Comments Off on MTN Lions team named to face Province

Ruan Combrinck goes over in the corner against the Sharks in Johannesburg. Photo by Bruce Taylor /Rugby15.

There are three changes to the starting line up:

1. Jaco Kriel replaces Willie Britz at Right Flanker, while Britz moves to the bench in place of Kriel
2. Butch James replaces Elton Jantjies (who has been called up to the Springbok squad) at Flyhalf
3. Dylan des Fountain starts at Left Centre in place of Jaco Taute who has joined the Springbok Squad

On the bench there are five changes:

1. Martin Bezuidenhout replaces Bandise Maku at Reserve Hooker
2. Ruan Dreyer replaces CJ van der Linde (who has been called up to the Springbok squad) at Reserve Prop
3. Willie Britz replaces Jaco Kriel at Utility Forward. Kriel starts this week as Right Flanker
4. Deon van Rensburg makes a welcome return from injury at Utility Back in place of Butch James who starts at Flyhalf
5. James Kamana returns to the team at Utility Back for Dylan des Fountain who starts at Left Centre this week.

The team is:

No	Position	Name	Surname
15	Fullback	Andries	Coetzee
14	Right Wing	Deon	Helberg
13	Right Centre	Lionel	Mapoe
12	Left Centre	Dylan	Des Fountain
11	Left Wing	Ruan	Combrinck
10	Flyhalf	Butch	James
9	Scrumhalf	Michael	Bondesio
8	Number Eight	Warren	Whiteley
7	Right Flanker	Jaco	Kriel
6	Left Flanker	Cobus	Grobbelaar
5	Right Lock	Franco	Van der Merwe
4	Left Lock	Michael	Rhodes
3	Tight Head Prop	Jacobie	Adriaanse
2	Hooker	Callie	Visagie
1	Loose Head Prop	JC	Janse van Rensburg (c)
Replacements:
16	Hooker	Martin	Bezuidenhout
17	Prop	Ruan	Dreyer
18	Forward Lock	Etienne	Oosthuizen
19	Loose Forward	Willie	Britz
20	Utility Back	Ross	Cronje
21	Utility Back	Deon	Van Rensburg
22	Utility Back	James	Kamana