Tshituka has recovered from an injury and will play from the side of the scrum.

The flyhalf, Jordan Hendrikse, has also made a return from injury but he will play from the bench for the game.

The centre, Burger Odendaal, has also recovered from a niggle and will don the number 12 jersey, but the flanker, Jaco Kriel, retains the captaincy.

Lions coach, Cash van Rooyen, expressed his delight at having Tshituka and Hendrikse back in the mix that he feels that there has been an attitude shift in the team.

“We are pleased to have Vince and Jordan back in the URC setup. They've recovered and trained well over the past few weeks, so we look forward to their involvement once more.

“As a group we felt our overall attitude and intensity went up a notch against the Bulls. It's the kind of momentum we’re eager to take into Saturday on the back of a positive week of training.”

Tomorrow’s game at Ellis Park kicks off at 15:00.

Lions - 15 EW Viljoen, 14 Stean Pienaar, 13 Manuel Rass, 12 Burger Odendaal, 11 Edwill van der Merwe, 10 Tiaan Swanepoel, 9 Andre Warner, 8 Francke Horn, 7 Vincent Tshituka, 6 Jaco Kriel (captain), 5 Ruben Schoeman, 4 Ruhan Straeuli, 3 Carlu Sadie, 2 PJ Botha, 1 Ruan Dreyer. 

Replacements - 16 Jaco Visagie, 17 JP Smith, 18 Jannie du Plessis, 19 Ruan Venter, 20 Emmanuel Tshituka, 21 Morné van den Berg, 22 Jordan Hendrikse, 23 Wandisile Simelane.

Stormers - 15 Warrick Gelant, 14 Sergeal Petersen, 13 Ruhan Nel, 12 Damian Willemse, 11 Seabelo Senatla, 10 Manie Libbok, 9 Paul de Wet, 8 Hacjivah Dayimani, 7 Ernst van Rhyn, 6 Deon Fourie, 5 Marvin Orie, 4 Adre Smith, 3 Brok Harris, 2 Scarra Ntubeni, 1 Steven Kitshoff (captain).

Replacements - 16 André-Hugo Venter, 17 Leon Lyons, 18 Sazi Sandi, 19 David Meihuizen, 20 Marcel Theunissen, 21 Herschel Jantjies, 22 Dan du Plessis, 23 Angelo Davids.

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