Challenge Cup: Lions make 1 change for Racing 92 clash, Cheetahs without veteran Bok Steyn

The Lions and Cheetahs team line-ups for Saturday's Challenge Cup round of 16 encounters have been confirmed.

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Lions coach Ivan van Rooyen made only one change to his starting XV from the one which rallied to beat Benetton 32-28 in Italy last weekend.

Reinhard Nothnagel is back to partner Springbok Willem Alberts at lock. He takes Ruben Schoeman's position as the latter drops down to the bench.

The clash at Ellis Park kicks off at 18:30.

Lions team:

15 Quan Horn, 14 Rabz Maxwane, 13 Manuel Rass, 12 Marius Louw, 11 Edwill van der Merwe, 10 Gianni Lombard, 9 Sanele Nohamba, 8 Francke Horn, 7 Ruan Venter, 6 Emmanuel Tshituka, 5 Reinhard Nothnagel, 4 Willem Alberts, 3 Asenathi Ntlabakanye, 2 PJ Botha, 1 JP Smith

Substitutes: 16 Morne Brandon, 17 Rhynardt Rijnsburger, 18 Ruan Dreyer, 19 Ruben Schoeman, 20 Travis Gordon, 21 Morne van den Berg, 22 Rynhardt Jonker, 23 Andries Coetzee

Cheetahs without veteran Steyn

The Cheetahs, meanwhile, will be without veteran Springbok utility back Frans Steyn.

Steyn underwent knee surgery this week after getting injured in last weekend's Currie Cup victory against the Bulls. It's uncertain for how long Steyn will be out of action.

"The three weeks of Currie Cup were important to give all the players game time and to select the right players for this match," said coach Hawies Fourie.

"We'll definitely miss a valuable player and kicker like Frans Steyn. Still, we've planned accordingly, and the responsible players have done it before and have the confidence to do what is required."

Fourie said his charges were used to playing away from home and adapting quickly to conditions.

"It is still cold here, but the forecast for Saturday is for no