Dylan Smith moves into the starting XV and Nathan McBeth comes onto the bench.

The Lions have scored 24 tries in this years’ Currie Cup, the second-most in the competition, and 21 have been scored against them. The Cheetahs have scored 34 while also conceding 21.

Both the Lions and the Cheetahs have won the coveted trophy three times in the last 20 years.

The Lions are third on the all-time list with seven Currie Cup titles.

All five big unions have won the Currie Cup on at least one occasion in the last 20 years; the Golden Lions (formerly Transvaal) have won the trophy 3 times in 1999, 2011 and 2015; the Free State Cheetahs have won the trophy 3 times in 2005, 2007 and 2016. In 2006 the trophy was shared by the Free State Cheetahs and Blue Bulls.

Transvaal/Lions Currie Cup all-time final berths since 1939:

1939: Transvaal vs Western Province, 17-6 at Newlands

1947: Western Province vs Transvaal, 16-12 at Newlands

1950: Transvaal vs Western Province, 22-11 in Johannesburg

1952: Transvaal vs Boland, 11-9 in Wellington

1968: Northern Transvaal vs Transvaal, 16-3 in Pretoria

1971: Northern Transvaal vs Transvaal, 14-14 in Johannesburg

1972: Transvaal vs Eastern Transvaal, 25-19 in Springs

1974: Northern Transvaal vs Transvaal, 17-15 in Pretoria

1986: Western Province vs Transvaal, 22-9 at Newlands

1987: Northern Transvaal vs Transvaal, 24-18 in Johannesburg

1991: Northern Transvaal vs Transvaal, 27-15 in Pretoria

1992: Natal vs Transvaal, 14-13 in Johannesburg

1993: Transvaal vs Natal, 21-15 in Durban

1994: Transvaal vs Orange Free State, 56-33 in Bloemfontein

1996: Natal vs Transvaal, 33-15 in Johannesburg

1999: Lions vs Natal, 32-9 in Durban

2002: Blue Bulls vs Lions, 31-7 in Johannesburg

2007: Free State Cheetahs vs Lions, 20-18 in Bloemfontein

2011: Golden Lions vs Sharks, 42-16 in Johannesburg

2014: Western Province vs Golden Lions, 19-16 at Newlands

2015: Golden Lions vs Western Province, 32-24 in Johannesburg

2019: Free State Cheetahs vs Golden Lions in Bloemfontein

The match kicks off at 17:00.

Golden Lions - 15 Tyrone Green, 14 Madosh Tambwe, 13 Wandisile Simelane, 12 Duncan Matthews, 11 Stean Pienaar, 10 Shaun Reynolds, 9 Ross Cronje (captain), 8 Hacjivah Dayimani, 7 Cyle Brink, 6 Marnus Schoeman, 5 Marvin Orie, 3 Ruben Schoeman, 3 Jacobie Adriaanse, 2 Pieter Jansen, 1 Dylan Smith.

Replacements - 16 Jan-Henning Campher, 17 Nathan McBeth, 18 Johannes Jonker, 19 Wilhelm van der Sluys, 20 Len Massyn, 21 Dillon Smit, 22 Jan-Louis la Grange, 23 Jamba Ulengo.