Lions Sylvian Mahuza and Lionel Mapoe celebrating a try during the Super XV Rugby Union match between Lions and Blues at Ellis Park Rugby Stadium on March 10, 2018 in Johannesburg. / AFP PHOTO / STRINGER
Super Rugby: Lions v Sunwolves – Teams, kick off and live stream
The Lions will fancy their chances at bouncing back from a disappointing home defeat as they host the struggling Sunwolves on Saturday.
Lions Sylvian Mahuza and Lionel Mapoe celebrating a try during the Super XV Rugby Union match between Lions and Blues at Ellis Park Rugby Stadium on March 10, 2018 in Johannesburg. / AFP PHOTO / STRINGER
Emirates Airline Park sees the Lions host the Sunwolves in the weekend’s penultimate Super Rugby clash on Saturday afternoon.
The home side will be looking to bounce back after suffering their first defeat of the season, as they went down 38-35 to the Blues at home in their last outing.
Despite the disappointing result, they continue to lead the South African conference, having accumulated 15 points in their four games played so far – eight ahead of their nearest rivals, the Sharks.
They will fancy their chances as they are up a side at the very bottom of both their conference and the overall standings, having lost all their three games in the competition so far.
The Sunwolves kicked off their South African tour in disappointing fashion as they were convincingly beaten by the Sharks, going down 50-22 in Durban.
Teams
Lions
15 Andries Coetzee, 14 Rohan Janse van Rensburg, 13 Lionel Mapoe, 12 Harold Vorster, 11 Aphiwe Dyantyi, 10 Elton Jantjies, 9 Ross Cronje, 8 Len Massyn, 7 Franco Mostert (captain), 6 Kwagga Smith, 5 Marvin Orie, 4 Lourens Erasmus, 3 Jacobie Adriaanse, 2 Malcolm Marx, 1 Dylan Smith
Substitutes: 16 Robbie Coetzee, 17 Sti Sithole, 18 Johannes Jonker, 19 Robert Kruger, 20 Marnus Schoeman, 21 Marco Jansen van Vuren, 22 Howard Mnisi, 23 Shaun Reynolds
Sunwolves
15 Kotaro Matsushima, 14 Lomano Lemeki, 13 William Tupou, 12 Michael Little, 11 Hosea Saumaki, 10 Harumichi Tatekawa, 9 Yutaka Nagare, 8 Michael Leitch, 7 Lappies Labuschagne, 6 Yoshitaka Tokunaga, 5 Wimpie van der Walt, 4 Kazuki Himeno, 3 Koo Ji-won, 2 Yusuke Niwai, 1 Craig Millar
Substitutes: 16 Atsushi Sakate, 17 Shintaro Ishihara, 18 Hencus van Wyk, 19 Grant Hattingh, 20 Willie Britz, 21 Keisuke Uchida, 22 Ryoto Nakamura, 23 Ryuji Noguchi
Kick off
The match kicks off on 17:05 (SAST).
TV and live stream
It will be broadcast live on Supersport 1 (SS1).
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