The Airlink Pumas have overhauled their starting lineup for Sunday’s Carling Currie Cup clash against the Sanlam Boland Cavaliers in Wellington, ringing the changes after their 52–29 defeat to the Fidelity ADT Lions. Head coach Jimmy Stonehouse has made major adjustments across both the backline and forward pack to jumpstart their campaign.
At the back, Nevaldo Fleurs is promoted from the bench to start at fly-half ahead of Danrich Visagie, while Wian van Niekerk starts at inside centre, pushing Troy Delport to the bench to replace Sango Xamlashe's former midfield partner. Banie Britz steps into the number 11 jersey, replacing Dalvon Blood in the final change at the back.
Captain Willie Engelbrecht shifts back to eighth man from flanker, and Ruwald van der Merwe and Ntsika Fisanti form a new-look loose forward trio with Engelbrecht. Tiaan de Klerk slots in at lock to partner JJ Scheepers, while Sampie Swiegers replaces Junior Banda at tighthead prop
Airlink Pumas: 15 Jaycee Nel, 14 Alfondso Isaacs, 13 Sango Xamlashe, 12 Wian van Niekerk, 11 Banie Britz, 10 Nevaldo Fleurs, 9 Thomas Bursey, 8 Willie Engelbrecht (c), 7 Ruwald van der merwe, 6 Ntsika Fisanti, 5 Tiaan de Klerk, 4 JJ Scheepers, 3 Sampie Swiegers, 2 Chyle van Zyl, 1 Etienne Janeke. Replacements: 16 Jan-Henning Campher, 17 Kudzwai Dube, 18 Junior Banda, 19 Stephan Krugel, 20 Thabo Ndimande, 21 Russwill Fredericks, 22 Troy Delport, 23 Darren Adonis.