Marnitz Boshoff
Emirates Lions head coach Johan Ackermann has named his side to take on the Highlanders at Emirates Airline Park in Johannesburg on Saturday.
Ackermann has made 2 changes to the forwards and both changes are to the starting front row. Schalk van der Merwe will start at loosehead and Robbie Coetzee, having made a full recovery this week, has been included at hooker.
In the backline, Ross Cronje will start at scrumhalf and will link up with Marnitz Boshoff who shifts to flyhalf for this game. Courtnall Skosan returns at left wing and Andries Coetzee shifts back to fullback. Alwyn Hollenbach has also earned a starting position at inside centre.
Kick-Off is at 15:00 SA Time (13:00 GMT, Sunday 01:00 NZ Time).
Tickets are still available for this match from just R 40.00 via Lionsrugby.computicket.com or at any Computicket outlet.
Emirates Lions: 15 Andries Coetzee, 14 Ruan Combrinck, 13 Harold Vorster, 12 Alwyn Hollenbach, 11 Courtnall Skosan, 10 Marnitz Boshoff, 9 Ross Cronje, 8 Warren Whiteley (Captain), 7 Warwick Tecklenburg, 6 Jaco Kriel, 5 Franco Mostert, 4 Andries Ferreira, 3 Julian Redelinghuys, 2 Robbie Coetzee, 1 Schalk van der Merwe
Replacements: 16 Armand van der Merwe, 17 Jacques van Rooyen, 18 Ruan Dreyer, 19 Robert Kruger, 20 Ruaan Lerm, 21 Faf de Klerk, 22 Elton Jantjies, 23 Howard Mnisi.
Date: Saturday 8 May
Venue: Emirates Airline Park, Johannesburg
Kick-Off: 15:00 SA Time (13:00 GMT, Sunday 01:00 NZ Time)
Referee: Craig Joubert
Assistant Referees: Marius van der Westhuizen, Rodney Bonaparte
TMO: Johan Greeff
All coaches talk the biggest load of bulldust
Faf is rested and part of a management plan?
That is just a politically correct way of saying that his defense is atrocious and Aaron Smith will run circles around him.
Warren Whitely though is free from this “effective management”
Till now he has played 880 minutes in 11 games, every minute on the field except for his yellow card.
People are fine with with Ackermann admirably standing behind his players and backing them, but other coaches get laughed at…
All coaches are spin doctors… no one is free from this not even JA, it is part of the game.