Lions gearing up for tour

2020-02-20

EMIRATES LIONS TOURING SQUAD                                                                     

The Emirates Lions depart for their tour of Australasia on Saturday 22 February at 18:50.

Coach Cash van Rooyen named a settled squad for their four-match tour of Australia and New Zealand in the next month.

In Australia, they will face the Waratahs in Sydney (28 February) and Rebels in Melbourne (7 March) before heading over to New Zealand for matches against the Blues in Auckland (14 March) and Hughlanders in Dunedin (21 March).

Emirates Lions tour squad:

Forwards - Willem Alberts, Jan-Henning Campher, Hacjivah Dayimani, Jannie du Plessis, Pieter Jansen, Len Massyn, Marvin Orie, Carlu Sadie, Marnus Schoeman, Ruben Schoeman, Sti Sithole, Dylan Smith, Vincent Tshituka, Wilhelm van der Sluys, Frans van Wyk.

Backs - Andries Coetzee, Tyrone Green, Elton Jantjies, Dan Kriel, Manual Rass, Shaun Reynolds, Wandisile Simelane, Courtnell Skosan, Jamba Ulengo, Morne van den Berg, Andre Warner.

Their fixtures on tour are:

28 February – vs Waratahs (Bankwest Stadium, Sydney)

7 March – vs Rebels (AAMI Park, Melbourne)

14 March – vs Blues (Eden Park, Auckland)

21 March – vs Highlanders (Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin)

Annemie Bester