Loose ahead Emile van Heerden will certainly make his debut for the Lions as one of a number of beginning XV adjustments to encounter Munster at Musgrave Park on Friday.
Van Heerden, son of previous Western Province and also Springbok lock Fritz, begins at blindside flank in location of Ruan Venter, that changes to the 2nd row together with Darrien Landsberg adhering to the Vodacom United Rugby Championship derby loss to the DHL Stormers recently.
Scrumhalf Morne van den Berg and also wing Stean Pienaar are additionally consisted of in the run-on side, in location of the damaged Sanele Nohamba and also Rabz Maxwane, specifically.
Elsewhere, hooker Michael van Vuuren obtains his opportunity off the bench combined with the experience of Willem Alberts and also Andre Warner.
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The Lions will certainly want to begin their four-week excursion off on a winning note in Cork, wishing to reproduce comparable efficiencies which saw them bag 3 victories from as several suits overseas at the beginning of the 2022-23 URC period.
“Friday will be a good test for our guys against Munster on tour. The Munster pack has been in good form recently, so Friday will be an exciting challenge for this team especially the guys who’ll be getting an opportunity to feature,” assistant trainer Julian Redelinghuys claimed.
“We all understand you do not expand when it’s simple, you expand when it is difficult, and also Friday will certainly be difficult particularly in these problems far from house.
“Playing at Musgrave Park will be new for us as none of our current squad members have played there. In saying that, we tend to strive under the new and unknown so this will certainly be one of those.”
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