PORT ELIZABETH, April 28 (ANA) – The Kings, who have chalked up 27 tries in their opening eight Super Rugby games, will be hoping to be on the front foot again when they play the Melbourne Rebels at the Nelson Mandela Bay stadium in Port Elizabeth on Saturday. Kick-off is at 7.30pm.
The Kings have made only one change to the starting lineup which beat the Waratahs in Sydney last week.
Martin Bezuidenhout will play hooker, while Michael Willemse will be on the replacements bench.
Kings team: 15 Masixole Banda, 14 Wandile Mjekevu, 13 Berton Klaasen, 12 Luzuko Vulindlu, 11 Makazole Mapimpi, 10 Lionel Cronje (captain), 9 Louis Schreuder, 8 Andisa Ntsila, 7 Tyler Paul, 6 Chris Cloete, 5 Wilhelm van der Sluys, 4 Irne Herbst, 3 Ross Geldenhuys, 2 Martin Bezuidenhout, 1 Justin Forwood. Replacements: 16 Michael Willemse, 17 Schalk van der Merwe 18 Dayan van der Westhuizen, 19 Mzwanele Zito, 20 Stefaan Willemse, 21 Johan Steyn, 22 Nicolaas Hanekom, 23 Pieter-Steyn de Wet. – African News Agency (ANA)
(Image: Kings Coach Deon Davids)
