The Kings have made three changes to their starting lineup for Saturday’s game against the Cardiff Blues at the Arms Park.

In the only change to the backline, Tertius Kruger will start at inside centre ahead of Berton Klaasen, who moves to the bench.

In the pack, captain JC Astle returns to the second row, while No 8 Ruaan Lerm has been ruled out with a concussion he sustained against Leinster last week and is replaced by Andisa Ntsila.

Prop Lupumlo Mguca and scrumhalf Rudi van Rooyen are the new additions to the bench.

Kings – 15 Ulrich Beyers, 14 Yaw Penxe, 13 Meli Rokoua, 12 Tertius Kruger, 11 Bjorn Basson, 10 Bader Pretorius, 9 Sarel Pretorius, 8 Andisa Ntsila, 7 Martinus Burger, 6 Henry Brown, 5 JC Astle (c), 4 Dries van Schalkwyk, 3 De-Jay Terblanche, 2 Michael Willemse, 1 Alulutho Tshakweni.
Subs: 16 Alandre van Rooyen, 17 Schalk Ferreira, 18 Lupumlo Mguca, 19 Stephan Greeff, 20 Steph de Wit, 21 Rudi van Rooyen, 22 Berton Klaasen, 23 Masixole Banda.

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