Tried and tested combinations for Emirates Lions

The Emirates Lions will take the field with an unchanged starting team in their PRO14 Rainbow Cup SA match against the Cell C Sharks in Johannesburg on Saturday, with the only change on the bench, where Dan Kriel comes in for Manny Rass.

Kick-off at Emirates Airline Park on Saturday is at 16h00, with the match to be televised live on SuperSport Grandstand and Rugby channels.

With some consistency in selection from the side that edged the Vodacom Bulls last time around, the men from Johannesburg will ne confident going into this encounter, while they will have taken a lot of inspiration from their last performance on home soil.

Interestingly, Emirates Lions flyhalf Jordan Hendrikse will line up against his older brother Jaden, who has been named at scrumhalf for the Durban side.

Emirates Lions: 15 EW Viljoen, 14 Rabz Maxwane, 13 Wandisile Simelane, 12 Burger Odendaal (captain), 11 Courtnall Skosan, 10 Jordan Hendrikse, 9 André Warner, 8 Len Massyn, 7 Vincent Tshituka, 6 MJ Pelser, 5 Reinhard Nothnagel, 4 Ruben Schoeman, 3 Carlu Sadie, 2 Jaco Visagie, 1 Sti Sithole. Replacements: 16 PJ Botha, 17 Ruan Dreyer, 18 Asenathi Ntlabakanye, 19 Willem Alberts, 20 Emmanuel Tshituka, 21 Morné van den Berg, 22 Fred Zeilinga, 23 Dan Kriel.

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