After making a robust begin to the competitors, the Lions at the moment are set face their hardest check but in opposition to the one different unbeaten group within the URC competitors, Leinster, on Saturday.

Kick off is at 18:15 SA time.

Looking forward to the conflict, Lions assistant coach Ricardo Loubscher stated:  “They wish to put you underneath scoreboard strain, so the necessary factor for us is to start out effectively. You can also’t go into this match with the mindset of simply maintaining them out defensively.

“They’re good enough to score tries from everywhere.The important thing for us is to fire shots. We must go out and force our game onto them from an attack point of view.”

YOU CAN FOLLOW THE LIONS’ LIVE SCORING IN THIS MASSIVE URC MATCH BELOW:

Leinster: 15 Hugo Keenan, 14 Andrew Osborne, 13 Hugh Cooney, 12 Robbie Henshaw, 11 James Lowe, 10 Sam Prendergast, 9 Luke McGrath, 8 Caelan Doris (captain), 7 Josh van der Flier, 6 Max Deegan, 5 Ryan Baird, 4 RG Snyman, 3 Rabah Slimani, 2 Gus McCarthy, 1 Michael Milne.
Replacements: 16 Stephen Smyth, 17 Andrew Porter, 18 Thomas Clarkson, 19 Brian Deeny, 20 James Culhane, 21 Cormac Foley, 22 Ross Byrne, 23 Charlie Tector.

Lions: 15 Quan Horn, 14 Richard Kriel, 13 Henco van Wyk, 12 Rynhardt Jonker, 11 Edwill van der Merwe, 10 Kade Wolhuter, 9 Morné van den Berg, 8 Francke Horn (captain), 7 Jarod Cairns, 6 JC Pretorius, 5 Reinhard Nothnagel, 4 Ruben Schoeman, 3 Asenathi Ntlabakanye, 2 PJ Botha, 1 Juan Schoeman.
Replacements: 16 Franco Marais, 17 Heiko Pohlmann, 18 RF Schoeman, 19 Ruan Delport, 20 Renzo du Plessis, 21 Sanele Nohamba, 22 Marius Louw, 23 Erich Cronje.

Referee: Craig Evans (Wales)
Assistant referees: Peter Martin (Ireland), Stuart Gaffikin (Ireland)
TMO: Aled Griffiths (Wales)

With house floor benefit and a flawless run of 5 bonus-point wins to their identify in as many matches, Leinster will enter the conflict as favourites, however the Lions will really feel that they are going to have all the pieces to achieve as they appear to create the largest upset within the competitors this season.

Given the shut margins between the groups on assault and defence, it may show to be a gripping encounter, as Leinster have solely scored 38 factors greater than the Lions of their 5 matches to the Lions’ 4, whereas the hosts have conceded solely 5 factors fewer.

In truth, it was the guests’ phenomenal defensive show that noticed them sneak by means of for his or her fourth win in competitors in opposition to Zebre Parma final week in atrocious circumstances – an element that may encourage them to emulate that show in opposition to Leinster.

The sides have met on three earlier events within the event with Leinster having the slight edge with two wins to at least one, nonetheless, the Johannesburg-based aspect have gained three of their final 4 matches in opposition to Irish provinces.

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