Potgieter to wear No 10 jersey

Durban - The Sharks on Thursday named their side that will take on the Crusaders in London on Sunday and, as expected, coach John Plumtree made only one change to his starting line-up from the previous week.

This will be the first Vodacom Super Rugby match to be staged in the Northern Hemisphere.

As for the change in personnel, Jacques-Louis Potgieter will be earning his first start at flyhalf ahead of the injured Pat Lambie - Lambie fractured a finger in last week’s match against the Chiefs in Hamilton.

On the bench no less than three previously injured players - tighthead prop Eugene van Staden, lock Gerhard Mostert and Springbok wing JP Pietersen - will make their return.

With John Smit captaining the side at loosehead prop, Plumtree decided not to include a reserve hooker and will therefore have two frontrowers in Van Staden and Tendai Mtawarira at his disposal.

Teams

Sharks:

15. Louis Ludik, 14. Odwa Ndungane, 13. Stefan Terblanche, 12. Meyer Bosman, 11. Lwazi Mvovo, 10. Jacques-Louis Potgieter, 9. Charl McLeod, 8. Ryan Kankowski, 7. Willem Alberts, 6. Keegan Daniel, 5. Alistair Hargreaves, 4. Steven Sykes, 3. Jannie du Plessis, 2. Bismarck du Plessis, 1. John Smit (capt).

Replacements: 16. Eugene van Staden, 17. Tendai Mtawarira, 18. Gerhard Mostert, 19. Jacques Botes, 20. Conrad Hoffmann, 21. Adrian Jacobs, 22. JP Pietersen.

Crusaders:

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