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the Lions resume their 2020 season when they face Stormers at Loftus Versfeld in a double Super Fan Saturday title.
The Lions will face the Stormers on Saturday at 7:00 p.m. in the second game of a doubleheader in which the Sharks will face the Bulls beforehand.
Elton jantjies remains captain on a team that sees a host of old stalwarts combined with some of the new faces in the Lions fold like Jaco Visagie, Burger Odendaal, Sibahle Maxwane, Divan Rossouw and EW Viljoen, to name just a few.
“We just want to re-inspire people on the field. We have done a lot off the field, but now we have to get back to doing what we love,” Jantjies said during a virtual press conference Thursday.
Jaco Kriel has fully recovered from the injury that kept him out of the game earlier in the year, while Ruan Dreyer, back from his season abroad, is back in the Lions jersey.
Lions coach Ivan Rooyen told reporters that he expected to see a good challenge at Loftus Verseld.
“It is a privilege for us to be able to get back to our game. We see this as an opportunity to bring a good feeling to the community and also to see where we are as a team,” said Van Rooyen.
“Everything is going to be a little strange now, but we see it as a good challenge. We really want to play for each other. We are going to go back to the new normal.
Teams:
Lions
15 Divan Rossouw, 14 Sibahle Maxwane, 13 Wandisile Simelane, 12 Burger Odendaal, 11 Courtnall Skosan, 10 Elton Jantjies (captain), 9 Andre Warner, 8 Hacjivah Dayimani, 7 Vincent Tshituka, 6 Jaco Kriel, 5 Marvin Orie, 4 Ruben Schoeman , 3 Ruan Dreyer, 2 Jaco Visagie, 1 Dylan Smith
Substitutes: 16 Sti Sithole, 17 Jan-Henning Campher, 18 Carlu Sadie, 19 Wilhelm van der Sluys, 20 Reinhard Nothnagel, 21 MJ Pelser, 22 Francke Horn, 23 Len Massyn, 24 Dillon Smit, 25 Gianni Lombard, 26 Stean Pienaar, 27 Daniel Kriel, 28 Manuel Rass, 29 Jamba Ulengo, 30 EW Viljoen
Stormers
15 Warrick Gelant, 14 Leolin Zas, 13 Dan du Plessis, 12 Rikus Pretorius, 11 Seabelo Senatla, 10 Damian Willemse, 9 Herschel Jantjies, 8 Juarno Augustus, 7 Ernst van Rhyn, 6 Siya Kolisi (captain), 5 JD Schickerling, 4 Salmaan Moerat, 3 Frans Malherbe, 2 Scarra Ntubeni, 1 Steven Kitshoff
Substitutes: 16 Bongi Mbonambi, 17 Leon Lyons, 18 Neethling Fouche, 19 Chris van Zyl, 20 Nama Xaba, 21 Hannes Gouws, 22 Paul de Wet, 23 Tim Swiel, 24 Michal Hazner, 25 Angelo Davids, 26 Tristan Leyds
– Compiled by Sport24 staff
