RECAP: Lions v Edinburgh

READERS’ FORUM: Welcome to our live coverage of the United Rugby Championship Round 15 encounter between the Lions and Edinburgh at Ellis Park.

Edinburgh, fresh from dismantling the Sharks in Durban last week to become the first European team to win a URC game on South African soil, is littered with South Africans.

Headlining the expat collection is Scotland-capped utility back Jaco van der Walt, who played 60-odd games for the Lions before joining Edinburgh in 2017.

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Teams

Lions: 15 Quan Horn, 14 Rabz Maxwane, 13 Wandisile Simelane, 12 Manuel Rass, 11 Edwill van der Merwe, 10 Jordan Hendrikse, 9 Morne van den Berg, 8 Emmanuel Tshituka, 7 Vincent Tshituka, 6 Francke Horn, 5 Reinhard Nothnagel (captain), 4 Ruben Schoeman, 3 Carlu Sadie, 2 Pieter Botha, 1 Jean-Pierre Smith.

Replacements: 16 Morne Brandon, 17 Ruan Dreyer, 18 Asenathi Ntlabakanye, 19 Ruan Venter, 20 Sibusiso Sangweni, 21 Andre Warner, 22 Henco van Wyk, 23 Tiaan van Wyk.

Edinburgh: 15 Henry Immelman, 14 Darcy Graham, 13 Mark Bennett, 12 James Lang, 11 Emiliano Boffelli, 10 Blair Kinghorn, 9 Ben Vellacott, 8 Ben Muncaster, 7 Hamish Watson, 6 Magnus Bradbury, 5 Grant Gilchrist (captain), 4 Pierce Phillips, 3 Willem Nel, 2 Stuart McInally, 1 Pierre Schoeman.

Replacements: 16 Dave Cherry, 17 Boan Venter, 18 Luan de Bruin, 19 Glen Young, 20 Connor Boyle, 21 Charlie Shiel, 22 Jaco van der Walt, 23 Matt Currie.

Referee: Gianluca Gnecchi (Italy)

Assistant referees: Morné Ferreira (South Africa) , Paul Mente (South Africa)

TMO: Ben Crouse (South Africa)