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Lions bring in some fresh legs on the bench for Benetton

By @rugby365com
Friday 24 Mar 2023

TEAM ANNOUNCEMENT: The Lions have brought in some fresh legs, on the bench, for their United Rugby Championship Round 16 encounter with Benetton in Treviso on Saturday.

The Ellis Park-based team remains relatively unchanged from their Round 15 victory over the Bulls in Pretoria.

Reinhard Nothnagel, Ruan Dreyer and Travis Gordon are the only changes - all on the bench.

Marius Louw retains the captaincy.

Lions: 15 Quan Horn, 14 Sibahle Maxwane, 13 Manuel Rass, 12 Marius Louw (captain), 11 Edwill van der Merwe, 10 Gianni Lombard, 9 Sanele Nohamba, 8 Francke Horn, 7 Ruan Venter, 6 Emmanuel Tshituka, 5 Ruben Schoeman, 4 Willem Alberts, 3 Asenathi Ntlabakanye, 2 Pieter Botha, 1 Jean-Pierre Smith.

Replacements: 16 Morné Brandon, 17 Rhynardt Rijnsburger, 18 Ruan Dreyer, 19 Reinhard Nothnagel, 20 Travis Gordon, 21 Morné van den Berg, 22 Rynhardt Jonker, 23 Andries Coetzee.

Date: Saturday, March 25

Venue: Stadio Monigo, Treviso

Kick-off: 14.00 (15.00 SA time; 13.00 GMT)

Referee: Frank Murphy (Ireland)

Assistant referees: Filippo Russo (Italy), Filippo Vinci (Italy)

TMO: Joy Neville (Ireland)

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