Marvin Orie will start when the Golden Lions face Western Province at Newlands this Saturday.
The Lions boast a new lock pairing of Orie and Ruben Schoeman. Orie was in action against the Wallabies at Ellis Park this past weekend.
Hacjivah Dayimani will run out in his first Currie Cup match this season after recovering from a niggle, while in the only change to the backline, Jan-Louis la Grange gets the nod in midfield.
Golden Lions – 15 Tyrone Green, 14 Madosh Tambwe, 13 Wandisile Simelane, 12 Jan-Louis la Grange, 11 Stean Pienaar, 10 Shaun Reynolds, 9 Ross Cronjé (c), 8 Hacjivah Dayimani, 7 Vincent Tshituka, 6 Marnus Schoeman, 5 Marvin Orie, 4 Ruben Schoeman, 3 Johannes Jonker, 2 Pieter Jansen, 1 Sti Sithole.
Subs: 16 PJ Botha, 17 Leo Kruger, 18 Jacobie Adriaanse, 19 Wilhelm van der Sluys, 20 James Venter, 21 Len Massyn, 22 Dillon Smit, 23 Manuel Rass.
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