LIONS rugby coach Laurie Mains showed faith in the team which beat the Falcons in a Vodacom Cup match last Friday and made only one change to the line-up to face Griqualand West at Ellis Park on Friday afternoon. Jannie van der Walt, in the Cats Super 12 squad last month, returns to the side at centre in place of Wickus Venter. Mains picked the same pack of forwards, with captain and Springbok prop Balie Swart showing no signs of the leg injury he sustained against the Falcons.
Lions team: Thinus Delport; Jaco Booysen, Rudi Keil, Jannie van der Walt, Dean Hall; Hennie le Roux, JP du Plooy; Janus Labuschagne, Walter Minaar, Eric van der Merwe, Stuart Landman, Sarel Eloff, Daan Muller, Owen Nkumane, Balie Swart (captain). Reserves: Sax Chirwa, Wickus Venter, Colin Campbell, Domingo Mzunga, Roland Reid, Ian Brown, Deon Strydom.