Wolhuter back at 10 for Lions ahead of Leinster showdown

The Emirates Lions have named flyhalf Kade Wolhuter in their starting line-up for their top of the table Vodacom United Rugby Championship clash against Leinster at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin on Saturday.

Wolhuter, who wasn’t in the original tour squad because of injury, rejoined the team after recovering and now has the chance to help his side to what could be a season-defining victory if they can come out on top.

Wohuter was instrumental in the team’s win over Edinburgh last month in Johannesburg, and will be expected to do his part to stop Leinster from getting their traditional fast start at home.

“They like to put you under scoreboard pressure, so the important thing for us is to start well,” assistant coach Ricardo Loubscher said this week.

“You also can’t go into this match with the mindset of just keeping 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 f

The Emirates Lions have named flyhalf Kade Wolhuter in their starting line-up for their top of the table Vodacom United Rugby Championship clash against Leinster at the Aviva Stadium in Dublin on Saturday.

Wolhuter, who wasn’t in the original tour squad because of injury, rejoined the team after recovering and now has the chance to help his side to what could be a season-defining victory if they can come out on top.

Wohuter was instrumental in the team’s win over Edinburgh last month in Johannesburg, and will be expected to do his part to stop Leinster from getting their traditional fast start at home.

“They like to put you under scoreboard pressure, so the important thing for us is to start well,” assistant coach Ricardo Loubscher said this week.

“You also can’t go into this match with the mindset of just keeping 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.”

While Marius Louw started against Zebre last weekend, Rynhardt Jonker slots into the midfield to partner Henco van Wyk this week, while Asenathi Ntlabakanye is back after missing the Zebre game with a concussion to take his place at tighthead.

Emirates Lions: Quan Horn; Richard Kriel, Henco van Wyk, Rynhardt Jonker, Edwill van der Merwe; Kade Wolhuter, Morne van den Berg; Francke Horn (captain), Jarod Cairns, JC Pretorius, Reinhard Nothnagel, Ruben Schoeman, Asenathi Ntlabakanye, PJ Botha, Juan Schoeman.

Replacements: Franco Marais, Heiko Pohlmann, RF Schoeman, Ruan Delport, Renzo du Plessis, Sanele Nohamba, Marius Louw, Erich Cronje.