Lombard takes over the No 10 jersey from Jordan Hendrikse, while Nohamba comes in for Morne van der Berg.

Apart from the changes at halfback, there are three more changes to the team that lost to the Vodacom Bulls last weekend - Zander du Plessis has been named to start at outside centre and upfront, Emmanuel Tshituka moves from the bench to start at blindside flank in place of Ruhan Straeuli, while Ruben Schoeman will partner with captain Reinhard Nothnagel at lock.

Ruan Venter and Van den Berg join Hendrikse on the bench.

The Emirates Lions have two more tour matches, against Cardiff (30 September) and Edinburgh (7 October), before returning to Johannesburg.

Emirates Lions: 15 Andries Coetzee, 14 Edwill van der Merwe, 13 Zander du Plessis, 12 Marius Louw, 11 Quan Horn, 10 Gianni Lombard, 9 Sanele Nohamba, 8 Francke Horn, 7 Emmanuel Tshituka, 6 Sibusiso Sangweni, 5 Reinhard Nothnagel (captain), 4 Ruben Schoeman, 3 Ruan Dreyer, 2 PJ Botha, 1 Sti Sithole. Replacements: 16 Jaco Visagie, 17 JP Smith, 18 Ruan Smith, 19 Pieter Jansen van Vuren, 20 Ruan Venter, 21 Morné van den Berg, 22 Jordan Hendrikse, 23 Sango Xamlashe.