Lions crash it up in midfield

Augustus loses the ball forward and the Lions will have the put in

Deep kick by the Stormers puts Lions under pressure

du Plessis recovers a grubber kick by Odendaal

Maul set up by the Stormers, they catch the Lions out

Strong tackle made on Tshituka

Willemse kicks off deep

Coach John Dobson has included seven Springboks in the Stormers starting line-up for their encounter with the Lions at Newlands in Cape Town tonight.

There are just two changes to the starting line-up that did duty in the 34-21 victory against the Emirates Lions on Vodacom Super Fan Saturday at Loftus Versfeld at the start of the month, with fit-again wing Sergeal Petersen replacing the injured Seabelo Senatla, while Bongi Mbonambi starts at hooker with Scarra Ntubeni among the replacements.

Morne van den Berg has been named to replace the injured Dillon Smit at scrumhalf in the only change to the Lions starting lineup.

Van den Berg gets a deserved start following his solid performance last week as first-half replacement for Smit, who dislocated his shoulder and will most likely miss the remainder of the local season as a result of injury rehabilitation.

The Stormers kick off their Super Rugby Unlocked campaign against the Lions who fell just short against the Sharks in round one. The Stormers have a pack filled with Springboks while the Lions be looking to Elton Jantjies to drive them forward after he impressed last week. Stay with us for live updates.

Willem Alberts was in close contact with a Covid-19 case and will therefore go into quarantine.



Alberts was tested on Monday and cleared. He will be replaced by Ruben Schoeman in the starting line-up.