Affies boy Lee on debut against Bulls
Lee, 22, will make his Super Rugby debut in the Round Six encounter at Loftus Versfeld.
He attended Afrikaanse Hoër Seunskool in the shadow of Loftus, but the centre moved to the University of the Free State after he missed out on selection for the Blue Bulls' squad for the Craven Week competition in 2012.
He represented the Free State Under-19 side in the 2013 U21 provincial championship and made is first class debut for the Cheetahs in the 2014 Vodacom Cup competition.
Lee's inclusion at inside centre - in place of the injured Joubert Engelbrecht - is the only change to the side.
Engelbrecht sustained an injury to his upper arm during his Super Rugby debut against the Brumbies last weekend.
Cheetahs: 15 Clayton Blommetjies, 14 Sergeal Petersen, 13 Francois Venter (captain) , 12 Nico Lee, 11 Raymond Rhule, 10 Niel Marais, 9 Shaun Venter, 8 Paul Schoeman, 7 Uzair Cassiem, 6 Johannes Prinsloo, 5 Francois Uys, 4 Lodewyk de Jager, 3 Johan Coetzee, 2 Torsten van Jaarsveld, 1 Retshegofaditswe Nche.
Replacements: 16 Jacques du Toit, 17 Charles Marais, 18 Nicolaas van Dyk, 19 Carl Wegner, 20 Hilton Lobberts, 21 Henco Venter, 22 Tian Meyer, 23 Fred Zeilinga.
Date: Saturday, April 2
Venue: Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
Kick-off: 19.10 (17.10 GMT)
Referee: Craig Joubert (South Africa)
Assistant referees: Shuhei Kubo (Japan), Ben Crouse (South Africa)
TMO: Willie Vos (South Africa)