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Cheetahs pick Bok discards
2009-06-03 09:33
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Heinrich Brussow (Gallo Images)
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Bloemfontein - Springboks discards Heinrich Brussow, Meyer Bosman and Adriaan Strauss can remind the national selectors what they're missing when they run out for Cheetahs against the British and Irish Lions on Saturday.
All three, along with prop Wian du Preez, were in a South African XV which beat a Namibian Invitation side 36-7 last Friday in Windhoek, but none on them made it into the Bok squad for the three-Test series against the Lions.
Flank Brussow's only appearance for South Africa was off the bench in the drubbing of England last November at Twickenham. Strauss, at hooker, played all five of his Tests as a substitute during last year's Tri-Nations. Midfielder Bosman played three Tests in 2005/06.
In the absence of regular captain Juan Smith, who is in the Bok squad, No 8 Hendro Scholtz will lead the Cheetahs at Bloemfontein.
Cheetahs:
Hennie Daniller, Danwel Demas, Corne Uys, Meyer Bosman, JW Jonker, Jacques-Louis Potgieter, Tewis de Bruyn, Hendro Scholtz (captain), Francois Uys, Heinrich Brussow, David de Villiers, Nico Breedt, Kobus Calldo, Adriaan Strauss, Wian Du Preez.
Replacements: Richard Strauss, WP Nel, Frans Viljoen, Kabamba Floors, Gerrie Odendaal, Louis Strydom, Fabian Juries.
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