Lions change two for Waratahs

Lions boss Johan Ackermann has made two changes to his starting XV for Sunday's clash with the Waratahs in Sydney.

Lions boss Johan Ackermann has made two changes, including a positional switch, to his starting XV for Sunday's clash with the Waratahs in Sydney.

The changes are in the back-line where JW Jonker comes in on the left wing for Anthony Volmink while Deon van Rensburg starts on the right wing and Courtnall Skosan moves to full-back.

Skosan was in the number 14 jersey in last weekend's 23-22 loss to the Highlanders in Dunedin and takes over at the back from Chrysander Botha, who drops down to the bench.

Lions: 15 Courtnall Skosan, 14 Deon van Rensburg, 13 Lionel Mapoe, 12 Stefan Watermeyer, 11 JW Jonker, 10 Marnitz Boshoff, 9 Faf de Klerk, 8 Warren Whiteley (c), 7 Derick Minnie, 6 Jaco Kriel, 5 Martin Muller, 4 MB Lusaseni, 3 Julian Redelinghuys, 2 Robbie Coetzee, 1 Schalk van der Merwe.
Replacements: 16 Armand van der Merwe, 17 Corne Fourie, 18 Ruan Dreyer, 19 Rudi Mathee, 20 Warwick Tecklenburg, 21 Ross Cronje, 22 Elton Jantjies, 23 Chrysander Botha.

Date: Sunday May 18
Venue: Allianz Stadium, Sydney
Kick-off: 16.05 local (06.05 GMT)
Referee: Nick Briant (New Zealand)
Assistant referees: Angus Gardner (Australia), Andrew Lees (Australia)
Television match official: George Ayoub (Australia)