Lions to unleash Tshituka brothers on Ospreys

The Lions will unleash the Tshituka brothers, Vincent and Emmanuel, in Friday night's United Rugby Championship encounter against Ospreys in Johannesburg.

URC standings

Vincent, who was player-of-the-match in last week's 23-21 win over Munster, retains the No 7 jersey while Emmanuel starts at No 8 in place of Francke Horn, who moves to No 6 in place of Sibusiso Sangweni.

Loosehead prop Carlu Sadie is also bracketed with Ruan Dreyer as he still needs to prove his fitness before Friday's game.

In the backline, Rabz Maxwane comes in for the injured Stean Pienaar at right wing, while Andre Warner is back as scrumhalf cover on the bench.                                                                          

15 Quan Horn, 14 Rabz Maxwane, 13 Wandisile Simelane, 12 Burger Odendaal, 11 Edwill van der Merwe, 10 Jordan Hendrikse, 9 Morne van den Berg, 8 Emmanuel Tshituka, 7 Vincent Tshituka, 6 Francke Horn, 5 Reinhard Nothnagel, 4 Ruben Schoeman, 3 Carlu Sadie/Ruan Dreyer, 2 Jaco Visagie, 1 Sti Sithole

Substitutes: 16 PJ Botha, 17 JP Smith, 18 Ruan Dreyer/Asenathi Ntlabakanye, 19 Ruan Venter, 20 Sibusiso Sangweni, 21 Andre Warner, 22 Manuel Rass, 23 Tiaan Swanepoel

Lions scrum coach Julian Redelinghuys said they won't get carried away despite back-to-back victories.

"A two-game winning streak doesn't really mean our season is back on track," the former Bok prop cautioned.

"What we are trying to do at the moment is stay positive and maintain our processes. Key for us is continuing the hard work and pay special attention to our preparations, ensuring we put ourselves in positions to put up good performances come game day.

"We need to look at the things we are doing well in and keep getting better at them. Coming from behind to beat