Edinburgh vs Lions: The touring Joburgers face a real test of their winning streak away from home.
The Lions have notched two wins in Wales after losing at home to the Bulls but have suggested they will be a greater threat to the playoffs.
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Team news
The Lions team to face Edinburgh in a United Rugby Championship clash on Friday evening show just two changes from the side that beat Cardiff last weekend.
The match in the Scottish capital is scheduled to start at 20h35 (SA time) on Friday, and will be broadcast live on SuperSport.
The first change is a rotational switch to the pack, where Junior Springbok loose forward Ruan Venter will start with Emmanuel Tshituka dropping down to the bench.
In the other change to the starting team, Stean Pienaar comes in on the wing for Edwill van der Merwe, who suffered a concussion in the match against Cardiff.
The Lions are on a two-win streak after beating Welsh clubs Cardiff (31-18) and Ospreys (28-27) on the road in the last fortnight.
Teams: Edinburgh vs Lions
Edinburgh: 15 Henry Immelman, 14 Darcy Graham, 13 Matt Currie, 12 James Lang, 11 Emiliano Boffelli, 10 Blair Kinghorn, 9 Henry Pyrgos, 8 Viliame Mata, 7 Hamish Watson, 6 Luke Crosbie, 5 Grant Gilchrist (captain), 4 Glen Young, 3 Luan de Bruin, 2 Stuart McInally, 1 Boan Venter.
Replacements: 16 Dave Cherry, 17 Pierre Schoeman, 18 WP Nel, 19 Marshall Sykes, 20 Ben Muncaster, 21 Charlie Shiel, 22 Charlie Savala, 23 Chris Dean.
Lions: 15 Andries Coetzee, 14 Stean Pienaar, 13 Henco van Wyk, 12 Marius Louw, 11 Quan Horn, 10 Gianni Lombard, 9 Sanele Nohamba, 8 Francke Horn, 7 Ruan Venter, 6 Sibusiso Sangweni, 5 Reinhard Nothnagel (captain), 4 Pieter Jansen van Vuren, 3 Ruan Dreyer, 2 Pieter Botha, 1 Sithembiso Sithole.
Replacements: 16 Jaco Visagie, 17 Jean-Pierre Smith, 18 Ruan Smith, 19 Emmanuel Tshituka, 20 Ruhan Straeuli, 21 Morné van den Berg, 22 Jordan Hendrikse, 23 Zander du Plessis.
Referee: Andrea Piardi (Italy)
Assistant referees: Ru Campbell (Scotland); Jonny Perriam (Scotland)
TMO: Stefano Roscini (Italy)
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