Stormers skipper Schalk Burger is still sidelined with the shoulder injury he sustained on Saturday and missed training on Tuesday.

Fellow flank Francois Louw is recovering from his hip flexor problem, but both he and Burger have been named in the Stormers squad of 22 for their opening Super 14 match against the Lions in Johannesburg on Saturday.

Neither of them has been able to play more than a peripheral role in practices this week, but both hope to be able to take full part in training on Wednesday.

Burger missed the Stormers tri-series fixture against the Western Force when he was recovering from a haematoma, then played a planned 40 minutes against the Sharks in the follow-up tri-series game before lasting only 14 minutes against Boland on Saturday.

Whether he will ready for 80 minutes against the Lions on Saturday is the big question.

Coach Allister Coetzee named his match squad of 22 on Tuesday and will announce his starting line-up after training on Thursday.

There are no surprises in the squad.

As expected Ricky Januarie, back from Wales, is preferred to Bolla Conradie, and with minimal game time under the belt, Willem de Waal and Dylan des Fountain will have to wait a while before selection for the match squad.

JC Kritzinger has been selected ahead of JD Moller as the reserve prop.

Sireli Naqelevuki is struggling with a minor injury picked up on Saturday and if he is ruled out for the trip to Johannesburg, his place in the 22 is likely to be taken by either Frikkie Welsh or Fabian Juries.

Back-up centre Paul Bosch is out for six to eight weeks after dislocating his elbow against Boland.

Fullback Conrad Jantjes, wing Nick Koster, and lock Adriaan Fondse remain on the injury list but are expected back within a few weeks.

Of the 22 players named, it would come as a surprise if it were not Naqelevuki, Cronje and Januarie among the backs, and Pieter Louw, Van Zyl, Kritzinger and Fourie among the forwards, who were named on Thursday as the replacements.

Stormers squad: Joe Pietersen, Gio Aplon, Bryan Habana, Sireli Naqelevuki, Jaque Fourie, Juan de Jongh, Peter Grant, Lionel Cronje, Dewaldt Duvenage, Ricky Januarie, Duane Vermeulen, Francois Louw, Schalk Burger, Pieter Louw, Andries Bekker, De Kock Steenkamp, Anton van Zyl, Brok Harris, Wicus Blaauw, JC Kritzinger, Tiaan Liebenberg, Deon Fourie.