There will be a showdown between brothers after all at Ellis Park on Saturday as Richard Kriel has been included at right wing for the Lions in their United Rugby Championship Jukskei Derby against the Bulls (2.45pm kick-off).
Lions coach Ivan van Rooyen had to make a few injury-enforced adjustments to the team on Friday that destroyed the Dragons 60-10 in the Challenge Cup last week.
Kriel is back from injury and will wear the No 14 jersey, and he will come up against his older brother David, who will line up at outside centre for the Bulls.
Richard Kriel replaces Tapiwa Mafura at right wing, while another speedster in Rabz Maxwane is out injured at the moment.
The other change in the starting XV is at lock, where Darrien Landsberg is not available due to injury, which sees Ruan Delport coming in at No 5 – with stalwart lineout forward Reinhard Nothnagel also sidelined.
The other new face is on the bench, where former Bulls loose forward WJ Steenkamp replaces Jarod Cairns.
Otherwise, it’s a powerful match-23 chosen by Van Rooyen, who will be confident that his team can go toe-to-toe and beat the Bulls, who are coming off a 48-7 Champions Cup victory over Stade Francais last weekend.
There are two Springboks in the back-three in the shape of fullback Quan Horn and left wing Edwill van der Merwe, while there is a dynamic centre pairing of Rynhardt Jonker and the outstanding Henco van Wyk, who will want to put his hand up once more for Springbok selection.
Young flyhalf Sam Francis will want to build on an impressive display against the Dragons, while the showdown between Lions captain and No 8 Francke Horn and Bulls superstar Cameron Hanekom is sure to be one of the highlights of the encounter. | Independent Media Sport
Lions Team
15 Quan Horn 14 Richard Kriel 13 Henco van Wyk 12 Rynhardt Jonker 11 Edwill van der Merwe 10 Sam Francis 9 Morné van den Berg 8 Francke Horn (captain) 7 Ruan Venter 6 JC Pretorius 5 Ruan Delport 4 Etienne Oosthuizen 3 Asenathi Ntlabakanye 2 PJ Botha 1 Juan Schoeman.
Bench: 16 Jaco Visagie 17 SJ Kotze 18 RF Schoeman 19 Raynard Roets 20 WJ Steenkamp 21 Nico Steyn 22 Gianni Lombard 23 Manuel Rass.