Prop Asenathi Ntlabakanye gears up for his fiftieth worldwide match for the Lions, as Ivan van Rooyen tweaks his lineup to face the Dragons at Rodney Parade on Sunday.
The Lions kick off a three-match tour to Europe within the spherical 4 Vodacom URC conflict in Newport. Head coach Van Rooyen has made two adjustments from the staff that beat Edinburgh at Ellis Park final week.
Franco Marais begins at hooker whereas Nico Steyn, an everyday characteristic at scrumhalf, will get a chance at flyhalf in palce of the injured Kade Wolhuter.
Talking within the buildup to this week’s match, assistant coach Barend Pieterse mentioned the Pleasure are happy with the momentum the unbeaten aspect has heading overseas.
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“We’re actually proud of the place we’re in the meanwhile as a gaggle. It’s all the time a pleasant feeling approaching tour with 10 factors within the bag,” he defined.
“We’ll, nevertheless, want to keep up that momentum as we actually consider we are able to change into a championship staff.
“That is the tour we consider we are able to accumulate our factors to make it simpler in direction of the top of the season with out counting on different groups to get us right into a playoff place.”
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