Lions roll out big guns for Bulls showdown
TEAM ANNOUNCEMENT: The Lions selected a strong outfit that includes four Springboks for their United Rugby Championship Round 10 clash against the Bulls at Ellis Park.
Springboks Quan Horn, Edwill van der Merwe, Morne van den Berg and Ruan Venter are all in the starting XV for the home side.
Richard Kriel returns from his shoulder injury and will don the No.14 jumper and lock Ruan Delport replaces the injured Darrien Landsberg.
Amongst the replacements sees WJ Steenkamp replacing Jarod Cairns who had a run against the Dragons in the Challenge Cup last weekend.
Players who were not considered due to injury are Rabz Maxwane and Reinhard Nothnagel.
Head-to-Head
Last 5 Meetings
Lions: 15 Quan Horn, 14 Richard Kriel, 13 Henco van Wyk, 12 Rynhardt Jonker, 11 Edwill van der Merwe, 10 Sam Francis, 9 Morne van den Berg, 8 Franke Horn, 7 Ruan Venter, 6 JC Pretorius, 5 Ruan Delport, 4 Etienne Oosthuizen, 3 Asenathi Ntlabakanye, 2 PJ Botha, 1 Juan Schoeman.
Replacements: 16 Jaco Visagie, 17 SJ Kotze, 18 RF Schoeman, 19 Raynard Roets, 20 WJ Steenkamp, 21 Nico Steyn, 22 Gianni Lombard, 23 Manuel Rass.
Date: Saturday, January 25
Venue: Ellis Park, Johannesburg
Kick-off: 14.45; 12.45 GMT
Referee: Marius van der Westhuizen (South Africa)
Assistant referees: Griffin Colby (South Africa), JD Jadezweni (South Africa)
TMO: Quinton Immelman (South Africa)
