Du Plessis at 10 for Cheetahs

Bloemfontein - Free State Cheetahs coach Rory Duncan has named his team to tackle the Sharks in a Currie Cup clash in Durban on Saturday (19:10 kick-off).

Willie du Plessis starts at flyhalf in place of Elgar Watts in one of a few changes made to the team which beat Griquas 34-27 in Bloemfontein last week.

Clayton Blommetjies comes in at fullback for AJ Coertzen, while up front Neil Claassen (flank) and Dolph Botha (prop) replace Boom Prinsloo and Luan de Bruin respectively.

Both Watts and Prinsloo miss the trip to Durban due to injury.

Teams:

Sharks:

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Free State Cheetahs:
 
15 Clayton Blommetjies, 14 Rayno Benjamin, 13 Francois Venter, 12 Joubert Engelbrecht, 11 Raymond Rhule, 10 Willie du Plessis, 9 Sarel Pretorius, 8 Jean Cook, 7 Neil Claassen, 6 Tienie Burger, 5 Francois Uys, 4 Carl Wegner, 3 Dolph Botha, 2 Torsten van Jaarsveld (captain), 1 Kevin Stevens

Substitutes: 16 AJ le Roux, 17 George Marich, 18 Henco Venter, 19 Vincent Jobo, 20 Shaun Venter, 21 Pieter-Steyn de Wet, 22 JP du Plessis