Defending SA Rugby U20 Cup champions, Lions U20 will host DHL WP 20 in the SA Rugby U20 Cup at Emirates Airline Park on Friday, 11 March.

The two teams last met in the 2021 final of the competition which saw the home team clinch a 36-35 victory over their coastal visitors.

Fresh from their hard­-fought win in Potchefstroom last week, the Lions U20 are hoping for a hat-trick of victories in this year’s junior competition.

Lions U20 Breakdown Specialist, Philip Lemmer.

“We’re pretty upbeat for tomorrow. It’s new-look team from last year’s championship side, so we’re pretty excited ahead of this encounter,” says Lemmer.

“The main thing for us tomorrow is to do what we do well. Paramount to that is that we put in as much effort as we can to ensure we outwork the opposition. That for us is key in taking the game away from them.”

Kick-off is at 13:00

Lions u20:

15. Sam Francis 14. Lungelo Sithole 13. Josh Jonas 12. Bronson Mills 11. Keagan Smith 10. Sihlalo Benge 9. Layton Horn (vc) 8. Sisonke Vumazonke 7. Tiaan Wessels 6. Joshua van Vreden ( c) 5. Henk Gouws 4. Justin Kalamer 3. John Kelly Okonkwo 2. Ricardo Fourie 1. Heiko Pohlmann Replacements 16. Sikholise Nanto 17. SJ Kotze 18. Stian de Bruyn 19. Tyler van Wijk 20. Nathan Lainis 21. Brenwyn Bosch 22. Josh Herold 23. Kelly Mpeku 24. Dan Botha 25. Armin Weideman 26. Ndinovuyo Holiday

 

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WP U20

15. Luke Burger 14. Masande Mtshali 13. Ethan James 12. Hofmeyr Retief 11. Paschal Ekeji 10. Sacha Mngomezulu 9. FC Fourie 8. Ethan Snyman 7. Jan Gouws 6. Paul de Villiers 5. Hendrick Sieberhagen 4. Daniel Louw 3. Corne Weilbach 2. Francois Breytenbach 1. Lamla Nunu Replacements 16. Nande Moses 17. Yannick Marais 18. Liam Sproston 19. Jan-Daniel Cilliers 20. Carlos da Costa 21. Jacques Theron 22. Jonathan Roche 23. Melbirt van der Spuy