Former All Blacks five-eighth Carlos Spencer will start Saturday morning's (AEDT) Super 14 rugby match against the Chiefs despite a mixed outing in his return to Super rugby last weekend.

Spencer was replaced at halftime during last week's 26-13 loss to the Stormers in Cape Town but coach Dick Muir will persevere with the former Auckland Blues playmaker for the Johannesburg Super 14 match.

Spencer joined the Lions following several seasons in English club rugby.

LIONS: Earl Rose, Tonderai Chavhanga, Deon van Rensburg, Doppies la Grange, Wandile Mjekevu, Carlos Spencer, JP Joubert; Todd Clever, Derick Minnie, Cobus Grobbelaar (capt), Willem Stoltz, Franco van der Merwe, Ross Geldenhuys, Hannes Franklin, Heinke van der Merwe. Reserves: Charles Emslie, JC Janse van Rensburg/Kevin Buys, Jacques Lombaard, Jonathan Mokuena, Jacques Coetzee, Burton Francis, Michael Killian.

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