Lions coach Ivan van Rooyen has made two changes to the starting lineup for Saturday’s match against Western Province at Ellis Park.

In an injury-enforced swap, Tiaan Swanepoel takes over at fullback from EW Viljoen, who has been ruled out for at least four weeks.

The only other change is rotational, with Ross Cronje starting at scrumhalf in place of Morne van den Berg.

Kick-off on Saturday is at 7pm.

Lions – 15 Tiaan Swanepoel, 14 Stean Pienaar, 13 Wandisile Simelane, 12 Burger Odendaal, 11 Courtnall Skosan, 10 Elton Jantjies (c), 9 Ross Cronje, 8 Len Massyn, 7 Vincent Tshituka, 6 Jaco Kriel, 5 Marvin Orie, 4 Willem Alberts, 3 Ruan Dreyer, 2 Jaco Visagie, 1 Sti Sithole.
Subs: 16 Jan-Henning Campher, 17 Dylan Smith, 18 Wiehahn Herbst, 19 Reinhard Nothnagel, 20 Wilhelm van der Sluys, 21 Roelof Smit, 22 Morne van den Berg, 23 Dan Kriel.

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