Bok prop could miss Cheetahs duel

Cape Town - Springbok tighthead prop Frans Malherbe could miss Saturday’s Super Rugby clash against the Cheetahs with a bad bout of flu, Netwerk24 reports.

This could see Vincent Koch wear the No 3 jersey for the South African derby at Newlands.

Should Koch start, then Wilco Louw would be called up from the Western Province Vodacom Cup team.

The Stormers will name their team for Saturday’s clash later on Thursday.

Kick-off at Newlands is scheduled for 17:05.

Teams:

Stormers

TBA

Cheetahs

15 Clayton Blommetjies, 14 Sergeal Petersen, 13 Francois Venter, 12 Michael van der Spuy, 11 Raymond Rhule, 10 Joe Pietersen, 9 Tian Meyer, 8 Willie Britz, 7 Boom Prinsloo, 6 Tienie Burger, 5 Francois Uys (captain), 4 Carl Wegner, 3 Maks van Dyk, 2 Torsten van Jaarsveld, 1 Danie Mienie

Substitutes: 16 Stephan Coetzee, 17 BG Uys, 18 Ewald van der Westhuizen, 19 Steven Sykes, 20 Henco Venter, 21 Sarel Pretorius, 22 Coenie van Wyk, 23 Rayno Benjamin