MTN Lions team for The Sharks clash
The Golden Lions Rugby Union announced the MTN Lions team to play in their third match of the 2012 Vodacom Super Rugby competition against The Sharks on Saturday, 10 March 2012 at a press conference this afternoon.
Following their 30 – 28 defeat against the Hurricanes this past weekend, the coaching staff and team have spent many hours at the drawing board correcting things they were not 100% happy with in the match. The team has unfortunately suffered quite a few injuries with the latest being JC Janse van Rensburg who has been ruled out for approximately six months and CJ van der Linde who is out or 3 – 4 weeks.
The changes to the starting line-up for the match are:
1. Butch James will start ahead of Alwyn Hollenbach who is moved to the bench
2. Marius Coetzer starts ahead of Stephan Greeff who will be on the bench
3. Jacobie Adriaanse starts at Tight head prop in his first start of the season
4. Patric Cilliers starts at Loose head prop to replace the injured JC Janse van Rensburg
* On the bench Caylib Oosthuizen replaces injured CJ van der Linde
The MTN Lions team is as follows:
15. Jaco Taute
14. Deon Van Rensburg
13. Doppies La Grange (Vice Captain)
12. Butch James
11. Michael Killian
10. Elton Jantjies
9. Michael Bondesio
8. Warren Whiteley
7. Joshua Strauss (Captain)
6. Derick Minnie
5. Franco Van der Merwe
4. Marius Coetzer
3. Jacobie Adriaanse
2. Callie Visagie
1. Patric Cilliers
Reserves:
16. Martin Bezuidenhout
17. Caylib Oosthuizen
18. Stephan Greeff
19. Cobus Grobbleaar
20. Tian Meyer
21. Alwyn Hollenbach
22. James Kamana
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