Lions reveal team for semifinal against Griquas
TEAM ANNOUNCEMENT: Golden Lions head coach Ivan van Rooyen has revealed an unchanged team to face Griquas in their Currie Cup semifinal in Johannesburg.
The Lions booked their home semifinal after a nail-biting 27-26 win over Griquas in the final round of the league phase in Kimberley last weekend and Van Rooyen has backed the same team to come up with the goods this Saturday.
A win last weekend would have secured Griquas first place in the standings, but they ended up third with their final tally reading four wins and two losses from their six games.
The Lions finished second on the log after picking up one more bonus point than the Kimberley side during the league phase.
*Meanwhile, The Lions Rugby Company announced that youngsters Len Massyn and Pikkie de Villiers have both put pen to paper for another year with the Joburg team.
PLAYER ANNOUNCEMENT
The Lions Rugby Company is proud to announce that Lions youngsters, Len Massyn and Pikkie de Villiers have both put pen to paper for another year.#LionsPride pic.twitter.com/CSIU1fwKnQ— Xerox Golden Lions (@LionsRugbyCo) August 29, 2019
Golden Lions: 15 Tyrone Green, 14 Madosh Tambwe, 13 Wandisile Simelane, 12 Duncan Matthews, 11 Stean Pienaar, 10 Shaun Reynolds, 9 Ross Cronje (captain), 8 Hacjivah Dayimani, 7 Cyle Brink, 6 Marnus Schoeman, 5 Marvin Orie, 4 Ruben Schoeman, 3 Jacobie Adriaanse, 2 Pieter Jansen, 1 Sithembiso Sithole.
Replacements: 16 Jan-Henning Campher, 17 Dylan Smith, 18 Johannes Jonker, 19 Wilhelm van der Sluys, 20 Len Massyn, 21 Dillon Smit, 22 Jan-Louis la Grange, 23 Jamba Ulengo.
Date: Saturday, August 31
Venue: Ellis Park, Johannesburg
Kick-off: 14.00 (12.00 GMT)
Referee: Cwengile Jadezweni
Assistant referees: Rasta Rasivhenge, Quinton Immelman
TMO: Christie du Preez
Semi-Final Team Announcement: Xerox Golden Lions vs Tafel Lager Griquas#LionsPride #LIOvGRI pic.twitter.com/FR7nXtIYFe
— Xerox Golden Lions (@LionsRugbyCo) August 29, 2019
