Lions backline coach Carlos Spencer was confident in the team’s new halfback pairing who were set to face the Blue Bulls in a Currie Cup clash.

Carlos Spencer is on the bench and Willem Stoltz returns in two of the seven changes for the Lions for their match against the Brumbies on Friday.

Dick Muir is set to ring in the changes for the Lions’ match against the Brumbies, with Deon van Rensburg and Carlos Spencer ruled out.