With no hope of reaching the Top 8 URC places, a season that promised so much a couple of months ago, has fissled out into an end of season dead rubber against the Lions with nothing but pride to play for. I will look to do a Post about how and why the season fell apart as it did another time but for now we concentrate on the Lions match.
With nothing on the game, one wonders who Mark will select for this game. Will he give the fringe players who might be leaving one last shot or do he stay true to those who have been his go to selections?
I think he will stick with his go to selections and this is the squad I think he will pick...
G Thomas S Thomas/G Phillips
D Lake S Parry
T Botha B Warren
A Beard W Spencer J Fender
J Ratti M Morse J Morgan J Tipuric/H Deaves
K Hardy RMW/L Davies
D Edwards
K Giles
K Williams E Boshoff O Williams
D Kasende
J Walsh
I Hopkins
Sorry, forgot to show the Lions 23;
Quan Horn; Richard Kriel, Henco van Wyk, Bronson Mills, Edwill van der Merwe; Lubabalo Dobela, Nico Steyn; Juan Schoeman, Jaco Visagie (capt), Asenathi Ntlabakanye, Ruan Venter, Ruan Delport, JC Pretorius, Renzo du Plessis, Jarod Cairns.
Replacements: Morne Brandon, SJ Kotze, RF Schoeman, Izan Esterhuizen, WJ Steenkamp, Layton Horn, Marius Louw, Kelly Mpeku.