The Emirates Lions have made one alteration each to their starting pack and backline for Friday’s Vodacom United Rugby Championship match against Edinburgh.

Lions head coach Ivan van Rooyen has largely stuck with the same team that claimed a second win on tour over Cardiff.

BY THE NUMBERS: Edinburgh vs Lions

In the only change to the pack, Ruan Venter replaces Emmanuel Tshituka at blindside flank.

The only other change comes on the right wing, where Stean Pienaar takes the place of speedster Edwill van der Merwe, who has been left out of the match-day 23 entirely.

Friday’s clash will be the final match of the Lions’ three-game tour before they return to South Africa.

Edinburgh are going into the match on the back of two successive away losses against the Vodacom Bulls and DHL Stormers.

Lions – 15 Andries Coetzee, 14 Stean Pienaar, 13 Henco van Wyk, 12 Marius Louw, 11 Quan Horn, 10 Gianni Lombard, 9 Sanele Nohamba, 8 Franke Horn, 7 Ruan Venter, 6 Sibusiso Sangweni, 5 Reinhard Nothnagel (c), 4 Pieter Jansen van Vuren, 3 Ruan Dreyer, 2 PJ Botha, 1 Sti Sithole.
Subs: 16 Jaco Visagie, 17 JP Smith, 18 Ruan Smith, 19 Emmanuel Tshituka, 20 Ruhan Straeuli, 21 Morne van den Berg, 22 Jordan Hendrikse, 23 Zander du Plessis.

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