Sylvian Mahuza will captain an experimental Lions XV in their pre-season warm-up against the Vodacom Bulls on Saturday.

Mahuza, who will start at fullback, is the most experienced player in coach Swys de Bruin’s 29-man squad for the match at Loftus B.

The squad features eight Junior Boks who played at the last year’s U20 Championship. They are Manuel Rass, Tyrone Green, Wandisile Simelane, Gianni Lombard, Ruan Vermaak, Asenathi Ntlabakanye, JP Steenkamp and Louritz van der Schyff.

The match kicks off at 15:00.

Lions –15 Sylvian Mahuza, 14 Madosh Tambwe, 13 Manuel Rass, 12 Tyrone Green, 11 Wandisile Simelane, 10 Gianni Lombard, 9 Morné van der Berg, 8 Darrien-Lane Landsnerg, 7 Vincent Tshituka, 6 MJ Pelser, 5 Rhyno Herbst, 4 Ruan Vermaak, 3 Asenathi Ntlabakanye, 2 Jan-Henning Champher, 1 Nathan Mcbeth.
Subs: 16 Pieter Jansen, 17 Danie Minnie, 18 Frans van Wyk, 19 JP Steenkamp, 20 Roelof Smith, 21 James Venter, 22 Jo-Hanko de Villiers, 23 Dian Schoonees, 24 Bradley Thain, 25 Eddie Fouché, 26 Louritz van der Schyff, 27 Lan-Louis la Grange, 28 Stean Pienaar, 29 Jean-Luc Cilliers.

Photo: Wessel Oosthuizen/Gallo Images