Lions change six for Force

Lions head coach Johan Ackermann has made six changes to his run-on side for Saturday's clash with the Western Force in Perth.

Kwagga Smith starts on the openside flank in place of the injured Jaco Kriel while Sylvian Mahuza dons the number 14 jersey in the place of Madosh Tambwe, who is with the South Africa U20 squad.

Meanwhile, Faf de Klerk takes over from Ross Cronje at scrum-half and there is a new front row with Ruan Dreyer, Malcolm Marx and Jacques van Rooyen taking over from Johannes Jonker, Armand van der Merwe and Corne Fourie respectively.

Loose forward Cyle Brink and winger Anthony Volmink come onto the replacements bench.

Lions: 15 Andries Coetzee, 14 Sylvian Mahuza, 13 Lionel Mapoe, 12 Harold Vorster, 11 Courtnall Skosan, 10 Elton Jantjies, 9 Faf de Klerk, 8 Warren Whiteley (c), 7 Ruan Ackermann, 6 Kwagga Smith, 5 Franco Mostert, 4 Andries Ferreira, 3 Ruan Dreyer, 2 Malcolm Marx, 1 Jacques van Rooyen
Replacements: 16 Robbie Coetzee, 17 Corne Fourie, 18 Johannes Jonker, 19 Lourens Erasmus, 20 Cyle Brink, 21 Dillon Smit, 22 Jacques Nel, 23 Anthony Volmink

Date: Saturday, April 29
Venue: nib Stadium, Perth
Kick-off: 19:55 local (11:55 GMT)
Referee: Angus Gardner (Australia)
Assistant Referees: Ben O’Keeffe (New Zealand), Amy Perrett (Australia)
TMO: Damien Mitchelmore (Australia)