New half-back pairing to face Province

The Eastern Province Kings have made five changes to their starting lineup to face the unbeaten Western Province in their Vodacom Cup clash at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth on Saturday evening.

At fullback Sylvain Mahuza returns to the starting lineup to replace Scott van Breda who moves to the bench.

A new half-back combination sees Jaco Grobler and George Whitehead replacing Kevin Luiters and Gary van Aswegen respectively. Grobler is a straight swop with Luiters who moves to the bench and Van Aswegen is still unavailable after he left the field against Border with a concussion.

In the front row, Tom Botha replaces Simon Kerrod and Lizo Gqoboka swop places with Charles Marais who drops to the bench.

David Bullbring and Tim Whitehead are the only newcomers to the bench.

Kick-off is at 7pm.

EP Kings:

15 Sylvian Mahuza 14  Siviwe Soyizwapi 13  Hansie Graaff 12. Shane Gates (C) 11 Siyanda Grey 10 George Whitehead 9 Jaco Grobler 8 Tim Agaba (VC) 7 Thembelani Bholi 6 Paul Schoeman 5 Cameron Lindsay 4 Tazz Fuzani 3 Tom Botha 2 Martin Ferreira 1 Lizo Gqoboka

Replacements:

16 Edgar Marutlulle 17 Charles Marais 18 David Bullbring 19 Stefan Willemse 20 Kevin Luiters 21 Tim Whitehead 22 Scott van Breda