Springboks flyhalf Elton Jantjies will captain the Lions against Griquas on Friday evening (19:00) at Ellis Park in the first home-game for the Johannesburg based side in Super Rugby Unlocked.
Griquas have retained just six players in their starting XV from their clash with the Pumas two weeks ago for their match against the Lions
The latest Super Rugby Unlocked log standings.
The Bulls face the Sharks at Loftus on Saturday evening with Super Rugby Unlocked points on the line when the heavyweights square off.
The Sharks lost to the Bulls at Loftus just a few short weeks ago but much has changed in their Super Rugby Unlocked camp since then.
Two more positive COVID-19 cases in the Lions camp have been reported ahead of the Super Rugby Unlocked fixture against the Lions.
The Stormers trek up north in their second Super Rugby Unlocked fixtures, where they will square off against the Pumas at Mbombela Stadium on Friday.
Director of Rugby Jake White has made a few changes to his team for the visit of the Sharks to Loftus Versfeld on Saturday.
Lions flyhalf and captain Elton Jantjies suffered a grade 1 calf injury during training on Tuesday 20 October and will miss the match against the unbeaten Cheetahs.
The Cheetahs will have to find a way to extend their unbeaten run in Super Rugby Unlocked without skipper Ruan Pienaar.
The Sharks return to the capital with a team significantly different from the one that lost to the Bulls at Loftus at the Super Fan Saturday exhibition, almost a month ago.
Two members of the Stormers front row have been forced into quarantine after prospective COVID-19 exposure.
The Lions confirmed four positive cases of the virus in their squad this week, but asserted that all the players concerned are currently asymptomatic.
S’bu Nkosi is one of four Sharks players back from injury in time for the Super Rugby Unlocked encounter against the Bulls at Loftus on Saturday.
Here we look at five things we have gleaned from the second round of Super Rugby Unlocked action that took place this weekend.
It’s the Cheetahs vs Bulls first up on week two of Super Rugby Unlocked, with teh aaction kicking off on Friday night.
Lions coach Ivan van Rooyen has included Springbok halfback Ross Cronje as a replacement for Smit in the only new addition to the travelling squad of 25.
Jake White is set to hand exciting and hard-hitting centre, Clinton Swart, his Bulls senior debut in the City of Roses, in part to counter the physical presence of Frans Steyn in Super Rugby Unlocked.
The Cheetahs and Bulls won their opening matches of the Super Rugby Unlocked campaign.
It was a try-fest in the first of Saturday’s two Super Rugby Unlocked fixtures, with the Cheetahs scoring a convincing win over the Pumas.
Relive the actionfrom the Sharks titanic clash with the Lions at Kings Park in what was the first match of Super Rugby Unlocked.
We look at the key matchups ahead of the Sharks vs Lions Super Rugby Unlocked match at Kings Park in Durban.
The Sharks and the Lions kick-off the Super Rugby Unlocked season at Kings Park in Durban tonight.
The Pumas are set to become the eighth South African team to contest a Super Rugby fixture buoyed by the fact that each of the last two South African teams to enter the competition have won their maiden games.