Lions hold out hope for Jantjies
Jantjies is still recovering from a wrist injury. Should he fail to prove his fitness ahead of the fixture, Boshoff will start at flyhalf.
In the pack, Warwick Tecklenburg returns to the staring XV in place of Ruan Ackermann. The latter drops down to the bench.
Lock Andries Ferreira has also been bracketed with Lourens Erasmus in the second row.
Lions: 15 Andries Coetzee, 14 Ruan Combrinck, 13 Lionel Mapoe, 12 Howard Mnisi, 11 Courtnall Skosan, 10 Elton Jantjies/Marnitz Boshoff, 9 Francois de Klerk, 8 Warren Whiteley (captain), 7 Warwick Tecklenburg, 6 Jaco Kriel, 5 Franco Mostert, 4 Andries Ferreira/Lourens Erasmus, 3 Julian Redelinghuys, 2 Malcolm Marx, 1 Dylan Smith.
Replacements: 16 Armand van der Merwe, 17 Corne Fourie, 18 Ruan Dreyer, 19 Ruan Ackermann, 20 Cyle Brink, 21 Dillon Smit, 22 Jaco van der Walt, 23 Rohan Janse van Rensburg.
Date: Friday, April 1
Venue: Ellis Park, Johannesburg
Kick-off: 19.00 (17.00 GMT; 06.00, Saturday, April 2 NZ time)
Referee: Stuart Berry
Assistant referees: Craig Joubert, AJ Jacobs
TMO: Johan Greeff
