The Lions will be targeted men when they take on the Southern Kings in a Super Rugby clash in Johannesburg on Friday night. With a strong Lions side awaiting the visiting Kings at Ellis Park‚ the Johannesburg-based side’s coach Johan Ackermann believes that with his side sprinkled with a chunk of Bok players‚ they are now marked men whom others will want to measure themselves against.“I told the players when they became Springboks that that is great‚ but they must understand that with that comes responsibility‚” said Ackermann.“Players now won’t see you as just another player‚ but see you as a Springbok. That means that they are going to come and measure themselves against you. That is part of why we play the game … There’s no need for motivation from the Kings’ side. That is what makes them a dangerous team.“The only thing their coach needs to say is‚ ‘Boys‚ go out there and play against the leading side and show that we can play at this level’. There’s your motivation talk.” The Kings are a side who have seemed to struggle this season as they sit second from the bottom of the overall Super Rugby log‚ having won only two matches. But the Lions‚ who sit at the summit of the log‚ are viewing their opponents with the utmost caution.“A side who are in the corner like them can only gain by coming out and proving to everybody that they can play. For us‚ I’m quite serious about the game in a sense that we need to be at our best‚ or else we can become unstuck‚” said the Lions coach.In most of their matches this season the Kings have shown some great fight against some of the best teams in the competition. The results in most of the games may not have reflected the gallant efforts the Port Elizabeth-based side have put in throughout the season‚ but they have run some teams ragged for parts of their matches. Deon Davids has shown some strength in areas of play the Lions will look to target.“The Kings have a very good scrum and lineout drives‚” Lions captain Jaco Kriel said.“We can’t do anything about that. What we can do is to prepare ourselves to be at our best and bring our A-game.” The match will kick off at 7pm.- TMG Sport..