Sharks reveal Super Rugby hand

Durban - Cell C Sharks Director of Rugby Gary Gold on Monday released the names of his 40-man squad for the 2015 Super Rugby season.

According to Sharks website editor Michael Marnewick, all the familiar names are there in a squad filled with depth in every position available to the leadership group of Bismarck du Plessis, Pat Lambie, Tera Mtembu and Francois Steyn.

Frans Steyn, Ryan Kankowski and JP Pietersen are not yet with the squad as they are currently still completing their Japanese club commitments, as is new-signing Michael Claassens who is still with Toulon, but Jean Deysel reported for training on Monday morning while Willem Alberts, Paul Jordaan, Tonderai Chavhanga, JC Astle and Stephan Lewies are still part of the rehabilitation group and not yet ready to be considered for selection.

The Sharks kick off their 2015 campaign against the Cheetahs at Kings Park on Saturday (17:05 kick-off).

Sharks Super Rugby squad:

Lourens Adriaanse

Mouritz Botha

Renaldo Bothma

Dale Chadwick

Michael Claassens

Marcell Coetzee

Kyle Cooper

Lionel Cronjé

Jean Deysel

Bismarck du Plessis

Jannie du Plessis

Pieter-Steph du Toit

Thomas du Toit

Andre Esterhuizen

Monde Hadebe

Conrad Hoffmann

Ryan Kankowski

Patrick Lambie

Khaya Majola

Franco Marais

SP Marais

Beast Mtawarira

Tera Mtembu

Lubabalo Mtyanda

Waylon Murray

Lwazi Mvovo

Odwa Ndungane

Etienne Oosthuizen

Paul Perez

JP Pietersen

Cobus Reinach

S'bura Sithole

Matt Stevens

Frans Steyn

Stefan Ungerer

Marco Wentzel

Heimar Williams

Jack Wilson

Cameron Wright

Fred Zeilinga

The following players were not considered for selection at this stage due to injury:

JC Astle

Paul Jordaan

Stephan Lewies

Tonderai Chavhanga

Willem Alberts