Fidelity ADT Head Coach Mziwakhe Nkosi has made one change to his starting XV ahead of the Carling Currie Cup final against the Hollywoodbets Sharks XV taking place at Emirates Airline Park this Saturday.

Sanele Nohamba starts from the flyhalf position ahead of Kade Wolhuter. The diminutive pivot will be responsible for steering the side’s attack after an impressive cameo in last week’s semi-final against the Toyota Cheetahs.

The Johannesburg franchise has maintained a fairly consistent line-up throughout the campaign under the captaincy of Jaco Visagie, with a number of young players grabbing their opportunities at this level.

Lions tighthead prop Asenathi Ntlabakanye, who scored perhaps one of the standout tries of the competition last Saturday, believes his side needs to be more accurate on execution against a Sharks side who will be beaming with confidence after their 100 minute marathon match against the Vodacom Bulls at Loftus last weekend.

“Our set piece was below par last week so that’s something we need to work on,” said the former St Stithians College scholar.

“If you look at last week’s semi-final, we scored tries but conceded easy points immediately after that. So those are the things we have been working hard on this week in our preparations. All in all, we look forward to Saturday as both players and the fans coming out to support the team,” he concluded.

Kick off in Johannesburg is at 16:00.

Fidelity ADT Lions 23

1.           Morgan Naude

2.           Jaco Visagie (c)

3.           Asenathi Ntlabakanye

4.           Ruben Schoeman

5.           Darrien Landsberg

6.           Renzo du Plessis

7.           Ruan Venter

8.           Jarod Cairns

9.           Nico Steyn

10.         Sanele Nohamba

11.         Tapiwa Mafura

12.         Marius Louw

13.         Rynhardt Jonker

14.         Rabz Maxwane

15.         Quan Horn

Replacements

16.         Morne Brandon

17.         Juan Schoeman

18.         Conrad van Vuuren

19.         Siba Qoma

20.         Raynard Roets

21.         JC Pretorius

22.         Kade Wolhuter

23.         Kelly Mpeku