Lions make two changes for Edinburgh clash

Lions have made one alteration each to their starting pack and backline for Friday’s United Rugby Championship match against Edinburgh.

In the only change to the pack, Ruan Venter replaces Emmanuel Tshituka at blindside flank.

The only other change comes on the right wing, where Stean Pienaar takes the place of speedster Edwill van der Merwe, who has been left out of the match-day 23 entirely.

Lions – 15 Andries Coetzee, 14 Stean Pienaar, 13 Henco van Wyk, 12 Marius Louw, 11 Quan Horn, 10 Gianni Lombard, 9 Sanele Nohamba, 8 Franke Horn, 7 Ruan Venter, 6 Sibusiso Sangweni, 5 Reinhard Nothnagel (c), 4 Pieter Jansen van Vuren, 3 Ruan Dreyer, 2 PJ Botha, 1 Sti Sithole.
Subs: 16 Jaco Visagie, 17 JP Smith, 18 Ruan Smith, 19 Emmanuel Tshituka, 20 Ruhan Straeuli, 21 Morne van den Berg, 22 Jordan Hendrikse, 23 Zander du Plessis.