Cape Town - As expected, Stormers flyhalf Peter Grant did not pass a late fitness test and has been withdrawn from the team to face the Sharks in their Vodacom Super Rugby match at Newlands on Saturday.

Kick-off is at 19:10.

GALLERY: Sharks in training

Lionel Cronje will wear the No 10 jersey, with Kurt Coleman making the step up from the Vodacom Cup to provide cover from the bench.
 
“Bash has not recovered sufficiently from his knee injury and we won’t play and risk him,” said coach Allister Coetzee.

Teams:

Stormers:
15 Conrad Jantjes, 14 Gio Aplon, 13 Jaque Fourie, 12 Jean de Villiers, 11 Bryan Habana, 10 Lionel Cronje, 9 Dewaldt Duvenage, 8 Duane Vermeulen, 7 Francois Louw, 6 Schalk Burger (captain), 5 Andries Bekker, 4 Rynhardt Elstadt, 3 CJ van der Linde, 2 Deon Fourie, 1 Wicus Blaauw

Substitutes: 16 Ethienne Reynecke, 17 Brok Harris, 18 De Kock Steenkamp, 19 Nick Koster, 20 Ricky Januarie, 21 Kurt Coleman, 22 Juan de Jongh

Sharks:
15. Louis Ludik 14. Odwa Ndungane 13. Stefan Terblanche 12. Meyer Bosman 11. JP Pietersen 10. Patrick Lambie 9. Charl McLeod 8. Ryan Kankowski 7. Willem Alberts 6. Keegan Daniel 5. Ross Skeate 4. Steven Sykes 3. Jannie du Plessis 2. John Smit (captain) 1. Tendai Mtawarira

Substitutes: 16. Bismarck du Plessis 17. Eugene van Staden 18. Alistair Hargreaves 19. Jean Deysel 20. Conrad Hoffmann 21. Adrian Jacobs 22. Lwazi Mvovo