Lions rest Marx
TEAM ANNOUNCEMENT: Albertus Smith will lead the Lions against the Sharks on Saturday.
Springbok star Malcolm Marx sits this round out as part of the Springboks rest protocol.
Jan-Henning Campher gets his first start for the Lions, since joining at the beginning of the year.
Bok scrumhalf Ross Cronje will undergo a small procedural operation, which will keep him out of action for a week.
* Meanwhile the Lions confirmed that prop Dylan Smith and loose forward Vincent Tshituka have both put pen to paper to continue their journey with the Lions until 2021.
Both are local players – with Smith having matriculated at King Edward VII School in Johannesburg and Tshituka a former learner of Northcliff High.
Smith represented the Lions at Craven Week in 2011 and 2012 and a year later represented the union at Under-19 level.
The flank, Tshituka, only started playing rugby in grade eight at wing.
He moved to flank in grade 10 and went on to represent the Lions Academy side in 2016.
Lions: 15 Andries Coetzee, 14 Courtnall Skosan, 13 Lionel Mapoe, 12 Harold Vorster, 11 Aphiwe Dyantyi, 10 Elton Jantjies, 9 Nic Groom, 8 Albertus Smith (captain), 7 Cyle Brink, 6 Marnus Schoeman, 5 Marvin Orie, 4 Stephan Lewies, 3 Johannes Jonker, 2 Jan-Henning Campher, 1 Dylan Smith.
Replacements: 16 Pieter Jansen, 17 Sti Sithole, 18 Carlu Sadie, 19 Reinhard Nothnagel, 20 Vincent Tshituka, 21 Hacjivah Dayimani, 22 Shaun Reynolds, 23 Tyrone Green.
Date: Saturday, May 25
Venue: Kings Park, Durban
Kick-off: 17.15 (15.15 GMT)
Referee: Marius van der Westhuizen
Assistant referees: Cwengile Jadezweni, Stefan Geldenhuys
TMO: Christie du Preez
