Lions ring changes

Lions ring changes

19 Oct 2011

John Mitchell has made nine changes to his run-on side for the Lions’ home semi-final match against WP on Saturday.

With the Lions smashed 53-9 by the Sharks last weekend, head coach Mitchell has now named his strongest team for the play-off at Ellis Park.

Six of those changes are in the pack, which features a new front row. Springbok prop CJ van der Linde takes over at loosehead while hooker Bandise Maku and tighthead prop Pat Cilliers are penciled in at the expense of JC Janse van Rensburg, Martin Bezuidenhout and Jacobie Adriaanse respectively.

Lock Franco van der Merwe partners Wikus van Heerden in the second row while Michael Rhodes returns to the loose trio, which includes skipper Josh Strauss and the returning Derick Minnie. Warren Whitely and Jaco Kriel fall out.

In the backline, Elton Jantjies starts at pivot with Burton Francis left out of the match 22. Springbok flyhalf Butch James remains on the bench, which has no reserve scrumhalf. Inside centre Alwyn Hollenbach and wing Michael Killian also return to the starting XV.

Lions – 15 Jaco Taute, 14 Deon Van Rensburg, 13 Doppies la Grange, 12 Alwyn Hollenbach, 11 Michael Killian, 10 Elton Jantjies, 9 Michael Bondesio, 8 Joshua Strauss (c), 7 Michael Rhodes, 6 Derick Minnie, 5 Franco Van der Merwe, 4 Wikus van Heerden, 3 Pat Cilliers, 2 Bandise Maku, 1 CJ Van der Linde.
Subs: 16 Martin Bezuidenhout, 17 Jacobie Adriaanse, 18 Warren Whiteley, 19 Cobus Grobbelaar/Jaco Kriel, 20 Butch James, 21 Dylan des Fountain, 22 James Kamana.


65 Comments

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  • 51.Loyal Lion: Reply to this comment
    20 Oct 2011, 12:07 pm

    Met so ‘n username weet jy mos niks van die lewe af nie. Gaan druk jou puisies uit man en los die rugby vir die manne!!

  • 52.Loyal Lion: Reply to this comment
    20 Oct 2011, 12:12 pm

    @Transformation(Transformation)-46: Jeez!! Getting personal there mate! You probably haven’t watched him a lot….groot seun daai met ‘n hart van goud…maar vir jou sal hy dik bliksem!!

  • 53.HHS: Reply to this comment
    20 Oct 2011, 12:20 pm

    @Loyal Lion(Loyal Lion)-52: Nee Lion. Transie praat waar. Deon speel tos, dit lyk of hy nie lus is om te speel nie. Hy het so paar games oraait gespeel maar die laaste ruk speel hy nie goed nie. Ek k@k en kerm gereeld oor hom. Check hom ‘n bietjie…. hy doen baie min op daai veld. Ek dink JM moes Kamana meer gebruik het. Nou kom Kamana net op vir 10 minute en as hy 80 minute moet speel lyk hy nie goed nie. Die mannetjie is geroes. Maar nou ja… dalk lift Deon sy game die Saterdag maar “seeing is believing”.

  • 54.Loyal Lion: Reply to this comment
    20 Oct 2011, 12:38 pm

    Ek **** wat jy se HHS. Hy moet meer betrokke raak by die game en hy kom lui voor. Lyk of sy gedagtes nie by die game is nie..maar Mitch het vertroue in hom, so wie is ons om te stry..

  • 55.Lions_is_kak_kak_honde_honde_kak: Reply to this comment
    20 Oct 2011, 13:56 pm

    As die Lions die verloor onder 30 punte hou, sal dit ‘n wen wees vir hulle. Die “Vodacom Cup” is laas week al verby.

  • 56.Lions_is_kak_kak_honde_honde_kak: Reply to this comment
    20 Oct 2011, 14:20 pm

    Ek het 3 jaar terug opgehou provinsiale rugby speel! ek het ‘n paar kg opgetel en bietjie spoed verloor, maar ek sal enige dag in die Leeus span in loop! Senter, vleuel of heelagter!

  • 57.sparticus: Reply to this comment
    20 Oct 2011, 14:39 pm

    @Tacitus(Deucalion)-32: Coetze – 1 World Cup medal , 2 Super rugby semi’s , 2 Super rugby final , 1 CC rugby final. Mitchell ???

  • 58.sparticus: Reply to this comment
    20 Oct 2011, 14:40 pm

    @Boo_Habana(suffer_guy)-35: fokkof jou verkrampte hond !

  • 59.sparticus: Reply to this comment
    20 Oct 2011, 14:50 pm

    @sparticus(sparticus)-58: Actually apologies , my reaction has been magnified by a really k@k racist incident I experienced this morning, I was out of line and regret the outburst and swearing

  • 60.Loyal Lion: Reply to this comment
    20 Oct 2011, 14:52 pm

    @Lions_is_kak_kak_honde_honde_kak(suffer_guy)-56: So wat, nou weeg jy 4kg, jinne ou jy is ‘n joke!

  • 61.Loyal Lion: Reply to this comment
    20 Oct 2011, 14:55 pm

    @sparticus(sparticus)-57: Two 50 pointers against the Boks and Wallabies, 90% winning ratio with the All Blacks and only lost one game in his tenure as All Black coach. Tri Nation title.

  • 62.Lions_is_kak_kak_honde_honde_kak: Reply to this comment
    20 Oct 2011, 15:00 pm

    Loyal Lion, gaan vra bietjie jou Leeus manne of hulle my onthou! baie van hulle het nog scars op hulle lywe. Joshua het sy baard gegroei omdat ek hom gese het hy moet!

  • 63.Loyal Lion: Reply to this comment
    20 Oct 2011, 15:21 pm

    @Lions_is_kak_kak_honde_honde_kak(suffer_guy)-62: OK Lions_is_kak_kak_honde_honde_kak, jy het my. Ek het nou lekker gegiggel. Jy is toe nie so bad ou nie. Jy breek die atmosfeer hier…

  • 64.sparticus: Reply to this comment
    20 Oct 2011, 15:51 pm

    @Loyal Lion(Loyal Lion)-61: Pales in comparrasion with Coetze , only looking at winning ratio and that must be taken into context ie only against the bigger first tier nations and tittles. According to that then the man won 1 Trinations tittle , hell PDV did better than that.

  • 65.Loyal Lion: Reply to this comment
    20 Oct 2011, 16:19 pm

    Hell Sparticus, I agree that Coetzee could become a good coach, but to say that Coetzee is technically better than Mitchell, I will have to disagree. But hey, not all us thinks the same and likes the same. IMO Mitchell is no nonsense coach, which in SA’s dynamiques, is the better option.

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