Mostert stays at flank

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Franco Mostert against the Bulls
  • Post published:March 8, 2018

Lions coach Swys de Bruin has named an unchanged starting lineup for their game against the Blues at Ellis Park on Saturday.

After his experiment with Franco Mostert at blindside flank proved a roaring success, De Bruin has opted to start Mostert in the same position again.

There are three changes on the bench, with Kwagga Smith, Ashlon Davids and Hacjivah Dayimani replacing Marnus Schoeman, Marco Janse van Vuuren and Madosh Tambwe respectively.

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.
Subs: 16 Robbie Coetzee, 17 Dylan Smith, 18 Jacobie Adriaanse, 19 Lourens Erasmus, 20 Kwagga Smith, 21 Ashlon Davids, 22 Harold Vorster, 23 Hacjivah Dayimani.

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