Same again for Lions

Lions head coach Swys de Bruin has stuck with the same starting XV for their Super Rugby clash with the Blues at Ellis Park on Saturday.

That means Franco Mostert continues on the blindside alongside Cyle Brink and Warren Whiteley, with Marvin Orie and Andries Ferreira the locks and Jacques van Rooyen and Ruan Dreyer propping either side of hooker Malcolm Marx.

Rohan Janse van Rensburg remains at 12 alongside Lionel Mapoe but there are changes on the replacements bench as Kwagga Smith, Ashlon Davids and Hacjivah Dayimani are included for the mouth-watering game in Johannesburg.

Lions: 15 Andries Coetzee, 14 Sylvian Mahuza, 13 Lionel Mapoe, 12 Rohan Janse van Rensburg, 11 Aphiwe Dyantyi, 10 Elton Jantjies, 9 Ross Cronjé, 8 Warren Whiteley (c), 7 Franco Mostert, 6 Cyle Brink, 5 Marvin Orie, 4 Andries Ferreira, 3 Ruan Dreyer, 2 Malcolm Marx, 1 Jacques van Rooyen
Replacements: 16 Robbie Coetzee, 17 Dylan Smith, 18 Jacobie Adriaanse, 19 Lourens Erasmus, 20 Kwagga Smith, 21 Ashlon Davids, 22 Harold Vorster, 23 Hacjivah Dayimani

Date: Saturday, March 10
Venue: Ellis Park, Johannesburg
Kick-off: 17:15 local (15:15 GMT)
Referee: Nic Berry (Australia)
Assistant referees: AJ Jacobs (South Africa), Jaco Pretorius (South Africa)
Television match official: Willie Vos (South Africa)