Bulls leads youthful Bulls line-up at Ellis Park

Loosehead prop Lizo Gqoboka will lead youthful Bulls side in their Currie Cup clash against the Lions in Johannesburg on Wednesday night.

Kick-off at Ellis Park is at 20:00.

"We are very fortunate to have a number of players with great leadership qualities in the Bulls squad, and Lizo has been one of those senior players who have always provided leadership in both the Currie Cup and the URC. We look forward to him, alongside Stedman Gans as vice-captain, leading this exciting team on Wednesday," said Bulls head coach, Gert Smal.

"We are pleased that we are able to give a few of our more youthful players an opportunity this week, be it in the starting lineup or on the bench.

"We have no doubt that we have a tough challenge ahead of us against a Lions team that will be motivated and will be tough opponents on Wednesday night. We will need to be at our best and will need to execute the plans we have been working hard on in the build-up to the match well."

The Bulls are second on the Currie Cup standings with four wins from five matches (20 points), two behind the unbeaten Cheetahs on 22 points.

The Lions are bottom with five straight defeats.

15 David Kriel, 14 Sibongile Novuka, 13 Stedman Gans, 12 Marco Jansen van Vuren, 11 Stravino Jacobs, 10 Juan Mostert, 9 Bernard van der Linde, 8 Muller Uys, 7 Werner Gouws, 6 WJ Steenkamp, 5 Reinhardt Ludwig, 4 Raynard Roets, 3 Robert Hunt, 2 Schalk Erasmus, 1 Lizo Gqoboka (captain)

Substitutes: 16 Joe van Zyl, 17 Cebo Dlamini, 18 Mornay Smith, 19 Ruan Delport 20 Jaco Labuschagne, 21 Keagan Johannes, 22 Morne Steyn, 23 James Verity-Amm