Cape Town - Cheetahs coach Naka Drotské has named his side to take on the Hurricanes in Wellington on Saturday.
The coach made a few changes to his backline after last week’s 43-33 loss to the Reds in Brisbane.
Wing Raymond Rhule returns to the starting team after missing last week’s match with an ankle injury.
Cornal Hendricks replaces Rayno Benjamin at right wing, while Willie le Roux moves back to fullback after playing left wing last week.
Le Roux moves into Hennie Daniller’s place with the latter dropping down to the bench.
Sarel Pretorius also starts at scrumhalf in place of Shaun Venter.
There is also a change on the bench, with Andries Ferreira replacing lock Ligtoring Landman.
The clash kicks off at 05:35 (SA time) on Saturday morning
Teams:
Hurricanes:
TBA
Cheetahs:
15 Willie le Roux, 14 Cornal Hendricks, 13 Johann Sadie, 12 Francois Venter, 11 Raymond Rhule, 10 Johan Goosen, 9 Sarel Pretorius, 8 Philip van der Walt, 7 Lappies Labuschagné, 6 Boom Prinsloo, 5 Francois Uys, 4 Lodewyk de Jager, 3 Maks van Dyk, 2 Adriaan Strauss (captain), Caylib Oosthuizen
Substitutes: 16 Ryno Barnes, 17 Trevor Nyakane, 18 Rossouw de Klerk, 19 Andries Ferreira, 20 Jean Cook, 21 Shaun Venter, 22 Elgar Watts, 23 Hennie Daniller
The coach made a few changes to his backline after last week’s 43-33 loss to the Reds in Brisbane.
Wing Raymond Rhule returns to the starting team after missing last week’s match with an ankle injury.
Cornal Hendricks replaces Rayno Benjamin at right wing, while Willie le Roux moves back to fullback after playing left wing last week.
Le Roux moves into Hennie Daniller’s place with the latter dropping down to the bench.
Sarel Pretorius also starts at scrumhalf in place of Shaun Venter.
There is also a change on the bench, with Andries Ferreira replacing lock Ligtoring Landman.
The clash kicks off at 05:35 (SA time) on Saturday morning
Teams:
Hurricanes:
TBA
Cheetahs:
15 Willie le Roux, 14 Cornal Hendricks, 13 Johann Sadie, 12 Francois Venter, 11 Raymond Rhule, 10 Johan Goosen, 9 Sarel Pretorius, 8 Philip van der Walt, 7 Lappies Labuschagné, 6 Boom Prinsloo, 5 Francois Uys, 4 Lodewyk de Jager, 3 Maks van Dyk, 2 Adriaan Strauss (captain), Caylib Oosthuizen
Substitutes: 16 Ryno Barnes, 17 Trevor Nyakane, 18 Rossouw de Klerk, 19 Andries Ferreira, 20 Jean Cook, 21 Shaun Venter, 22 Elgar Watts, 23 Hennie Daniller