Roly Reid will start a Currie Cup match for the Lions for the first time in four years, when they face the Blue Bulls in a fourth-round encounter at Ellis Park on Saturday.

Roly won a host of representative honours in South Africa, including selection for South African Schools and SA's Under-19 and Under-21 teams.

He went on to play for the Lions in the Currie Cup and Vodacom Cup competitions, before enlisting with Glasgow Caledonians (now Glasgow Warriors) for the 2000-2001 season.

Roly left Glasgow earlier this month in an attempt to revive a career that had shown great promise before injuries and positional changes set him back.