GLRUXerox Golden Lions head coach Johan Ackermann and his team have made wholesale changes to the starting line up that defeated the Boland Cavaliers last weekend and he has totally changed the replacement players on the bench.

Some of the changes are forced through injury, with others part of the rotation policy.

2 Significant changes are the inclusion of Olympian “Kwagga” Smith, who returns to the 15-man game after his stint with the National 7’s side, as well as powerful centre Rohan Janse van Rensburg who makes his 1st Currie Cup start for the Golden Lions.

It has also been announced that the dynamic openside flank, Smith will only play in 4 World Rugby Sevens Series events in the upcoming series, which will certainly be a bonus for the New Doornfontein based side in the next few months.

 

The full media release from the Xerox Golden Lions reads:

Dear all

The Xerox Golden Lions welcomes back in the fold their Blitzbok Kwagga Smith while Rohan Janse van Rensburg also gets his first start in this years’ Currie Cup, when they take on the Blue Bulls at Loftus Versfeld on Friday at 19:00 SA Time.

Smith returns from Olympic Sevens action while Janse van Rensburg recovered from some niggling Super Rugby injuries.

Also back as part of the rotation of the team is Jacques van Rooyen, Lourens Erasmus and Courtnall Skosan.

Andries Ferreira and Sylvan Mahuza could not pass their fitness tests and will not take part in proceedings this weekend.

The starting line-up shows 11 changes to the one that beat Boland at Emirates Airline Park last weekend, while the whole bench is changed.

 

Xerox Golden Lions vs Vodacom Blue Bulls:

Team: 15 Andries Coetzee, 14 Courtnall Skosan, 13 Rohan Janse van Rensburg, 12 Howard Mnisi, 11 Anthony Volmink, 10 Marnitz Boshoff, 9 Ross Cronjé (Captain), 8 Ruan Ackermann, 7 Cyle Brink, 6 Albertus “Kwagga” Smith, 5 Lourens Erasmus, 4 Martin Muller, 3 Jacques van Rooyen, 2 Robbie Coetzee, 1 Dylan Smith
Replacements: 16 Armand “Akker” van der Merwe, 17 Corné Fourie, 18 Victor Sekekete, 19 Fabian Booysen, 20 Dillon Smit, 21 Jaco van der Walt, 22 Jacques Nel.

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