was one of two backs to win more than one in the round and earned himself a starting berth.Lions Centre EW Viljjoen made round high 13 carries on the opening weekend of Super Rugby Unlocked; in fact, the Lions had the most players make 10+ carries of Watch Live any side in Round 1 (Viljoen – 13 , Willem Alberts – 10 and Vincent Tshituka – 10).Alberts misses out this week after coming into close contact with a person infected with COVID-19 with young Ruben Schoeman coming into the lineup.

Match information – Stormers v Lions

Date: Saturday 17 October

Time: 19:00

Venue: Newlands, Cape Town
Referee: Rasta Rasivhenge
Assistant Referees: Egon Seconds, Aimee Barrett-Theron
Television Match Official: Joey Klaaste-Salmans

Coach John Dobson has included seven Springboks in the Stormers starting line-up for their opening encounter.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.“This is our first competitive match since March, so to say that we are looking forward to it would be an understatement,” said Dobson.Stormers vs Lions: Super Rugby Unlocked previewwas one of two backs to win more than one in the round and earned himself a starting berth.

Lions Centre EW Viljjoen made round high 13 carries on the opening weekend of Super Rugby Unlocked; in fact, the Lions had the most players make 10+ carries of any side in Round 1 (Viljoen – 13 , Willem Alberts – 10 and Vincent Tshituka – 10).Alberts misses out this week after coming into close contact with a person infected with COVID-19 with young Ruben Schoeman coming into the lineup.Coach John Dobson has included seven Springboks in the Stormers starting line-up for their opening encounter.

There are just two changes to the starting line-up that did duty in the 34-21 victory against the Lions on Super Fan Saturday at Loftus Versfeld at the start of the month. Fit-again wing Sergeal Petersen replaces the injured Seabelo Senatla, while Bok Bongi Mbonambi starts at hooker with fellow international Scarra Ntubeni among the replacements.The Lions and the Stormers met in the Super Fan Saturday exhibition warm-up with the Cape side coming out on top at Loftus in an entertaining and reasonably close battle.

After a bye in the opening round the Stormers will be eager to hit the ground running and puts some log points on the board. The Lions earned a losing bonus point in round one which has left them fourth on the log coming into the weekend. The Lions can climb as high as secon.Morne van den Berg has been named to replace the injured Dillon Smit at scrumhalf in the only change to the Emirates Lions starting line-up.

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.Stormers vs Lions: Follow Super Rugby Unlocked live scores here

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

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