Strong Lions to face Kings

Harold Vorster will replace injured Lionel Mapoe for the Lions' clash against the Kings in Port Elizabeth this Saturday.

Mapoe has a hairline fracture to his hand and will be seeing a specialist on Friday. HIs absence sees Vorster coming into the starting lineup in the only change from last weekend's match against the Reds.

In other injury news, Jaco van der Walt has a dislocated foot and will be out of action for eight weeks, while prop Dylan Smith will undergo a shoulder operation and is set to be sidelined for four months.

Lions – 15 Andries Coetzee, 14 Madosh Tambwe, 13 Harold Vorster, 12 Rohan Janse van Rensburg, 11 Courtnall Skosan, 10 Elton Jantjies, 9 Faf de Klerk, 8 Warren Whiteley (c), 7 Ruan Ackermann, 6 Jaco Kriel, 5 Franco Mostert, 4 Andries Ferreira, 3 Ruan Dreyer, 2 Malcolm Marx, 1 Jacques van Rooyen.
Subs: 16 Akker van der Merwe, 17 Sti Sithole, 18 Hencus van Wyk, 19 Lourens Erasmus, 20 Kwagga Smith, 21 Dillon Smit, 22 Jacques Nel, 23 Sylvian Mahuza.

Super Rugby teams (Round 5)

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