Quan Horn will shift to fullback as the Lions have made just a handful of changes to their starting lineup for the Vodacom United Rugby match away to Connacht in Galway on Saturday night.
Lions head coach Ivan van Rooyen has made three changes and one positional switch as the Lions look for back-to-back away wins after beating Dragons in the Champions Cup in Newport last week.
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Horn, who started on the wing against Dragons, will wear the No 15 jersey against Connacht as Stean Pienaar replaces veteran Andries Coetzee, who is on the bench.
There are two further changes to the pack, as Sibusiso Sangweni comes in for openside flank Jaco Kriel, while PJ Botha takes the place of Michael van Vuuren at hooker.
The Lions have reverted to a five-three split between forwards and backs on the bench, as loose forward JC Pretorius has been left out of the matchday-23, while Manuel Rass has been called up to add an extra backline substitute.
Lions – 15 Quan Horn, 14 Stean Pienaar, 13 Henco van Wyk, 12 Marius Louw (c), 11 Edwill van der Merwe, 10 Jordan Hendrikse, 9 Andre Warner, 8 Emmanuel Tshituka, 7 Emile van Heerden, 6 Sibusiso Sangweni, 5 Darrien Landsberg, 4 Willem Alberts, 3 Asenathi Ntlabakanye, 2 PJ Botha, 1 JP Smith.
Subs: 16 Michael van Vuuren, 17 Morgan Naude, 18 Ruan Smith, 19 Pieter Janse van Vuren, 20 Jaco Kriel, 21 Morne van den Berg, 22 Manuel Rass, 23 Andries Coetzee.
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