Lions’ big guns to front Sharks

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Lions captain Warren Whiteley
  • Post published:February 1, 2019

Warren Whiteley will lead the 26-man Lions squad in their pre-season warm-up match against the Sharks at Cape Town Stadium on Sunday.

Lions coach Swys de Bruin has selected his strongest available lineup, consisting of nine Springboks.

The Lions will wear their Spider-Man jerseys for the first time on what has been dubbed Superhero Sunday.

The match kicks off at 2pm, with the Vodacom Bulls playing the Sharks at 4:15pm.

Both matches will be broadcast live on SuperSport.

Lions – 15 Andries Coetzee, 14 Courtnall Skosan, 13 Lionel Mapoe, 12 Harold Vorster, 11 Aphiwe Dyantyi, 10 Elton Jantjies, 9 Nic Groom, 8 Warren Whiteley (c), 7 Hacjivah Dayimani, 6 Kwagga Smith, Marvin Orie, 4 Ruan Vermaak, 3 Carlü Sadie, 2 Malcolm Marx, 1 Dylan Smith.
Subs: 16 Pieter Jansen, 17 Danie Mienie, 18 Frans van Wyk, 19 Jacobie Adriaanse, 20 Marnus Schoeman, 21 Dillon Smith, 22 Shaun Reynolds, 23 Sylvian Mahuza, 24 Ruan Combrinck, 25 Vincent Tshituka, 26 Rhyno Herbst.

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