A rotational change that sees Pat Cilliers come in at tighthead prop is the only change to the Lions run-on fifteen for this weekend’s game against Western Province.
Coach John Mitchell revealed that Jacobie Adriaanse – one of the best tightheads in the Currie Cup so far – has carried a huge workload over the first five rounds, hence the decision to give former Sharsk XV skipper Cilliers a run in the number 3 jersey.
A stickler for discipline, Mitchell dropped Mike Rhodes from the squad last week after the latter’s yellow card at Loftus. Having served his time, so to speak, Rhodes – a shoolmate of Cilliers’ at Michaelhouse – comes back into the number 18 jersey, replacing Joe Snyman, also a former Shark.
Lions: 15 Jaco Taute, 14 Deon van Rensburg, 13 Lionel Mapoe, 12 Alwyn Hollenbach, 11 Michael Killian, 10 Elton Jantjies, 9 Michael Bondesio, 8 Joshua Strauss (captain), 7 Derick Minnie, 6 Cobus Grobbelaar, 5 Franco van der Merwe, 4 Wikus van Heerden, 3 Patric Cilliers, 2 Bandise Maku, 1 JC Janse van Rensburg.
Replacements: 16 Martin Bezuidenhout, 17 Jacobie Adriaanse, 18 Michael Rhodes, 19 Warren Whiteley, 20 Rudy Paige, 21 Burton Francis, 22 Jannie Boshoff.
Another tough one . if we want to be the best we need to beat the rest !!! GO LIOOONS !!!
I don’t. know who to pick for this one.
Damn, Adriaanse is in my FL team!
@Original Pierre (Comment 3) : But Pat is in mine
@Greg (Comment 4) :
yea mine as well !!! VIVA !!!!!!!!!!
PROOOOOOBLEMS…….
Lionel Mapoe impressed me at 13…
Wont be a bad thing for Mvovo to try…but before Mvovo can make the move he needs to work on his defense big time…
Gonna be a tough one…
And the Lions are destined for a loss and the WP hungry for a victory as it has been 2 games since their last one…
Think WP will pip this one with the Lions getting a bonus point…
Glad to see that Hollenbach is healed as he has been playing real good int he midfield…
is this the same Morne that writes here
http://www.ruggaworld.com/2011/08/17/lessons-from-the-past/
Lions forwards starting to come to the party, if they beat WP upfront like the Sharks did their backline will be able to do the rest