The Leopards u/20 will host Eastern Province u/20 tomorrow @ 11:30 at the Olën Park Stadium, Potchefstroom in the 4th round of the SARU u/20 Championship. The Leopards must be the favourites to remain unbeaten as the Eastern Province was easy prey for the other unions.
The Leopards are unbeaten with a draw against Western Province (14-14) the only "blemish" on their performances this year. In the other match of this competition, the Leopards had a good home win over the Cheetahs (36-25) leaving them with 7 league points on the competition log.
The Leopards made five changes and one positional change to their starting line-up after they played the same starting line-up in their first two matches. L vd Walt (#15), E Fredericks (#11) and S Zungo (#9) are the new faces in the backline while E Fredericks moves from #14 to #11. Upfront the only two changes are in the frontrow, C van Zyl (#2) and D Matome Melebo (#1) are both promoted from the bench and will earn their first starts for the men from Potchefstroom.
Eastern Province u/20 has not won a game in this year competition after playing in all of the first three rounds. They only have 1 log point. Eastern Province made six changes and two positional changes to their starting lineup. C Finnis will make his starting debut #13 in the place of N Ngobe that moves to the wing while M de Ridder (#10) returns to the team after missing out on the Round 3 fixture against Western Province. Upfront N Zono (#8) and D Halgreen (#7) are the new faces in the loosies. J Friend (#5) moves to make place for A Marubelela at #4 while J Malan (#3) was promoted from the bench.
Leopards: 15. L vd Walt, 14. K Windvogel, 13. G. Ackerman, 12. T. Pretorius, 11. E Fredericks, 10. M. Venter, 9. S Zungo, 8. M. Mashimbye, 7. J. Eloff, 6. J. Cloete, 5. F. Du Plessis, 4. B. Borcher, 3. P Naude, 2. C van Zyl, 1. D Matome Melebo. Replacements: 16. V Paulo, 17. H vd Westhuizen, 18. N Francis, 19. C Steenkamp, 20. A Minnie, 21. T v Zyl, 22. C Vlok, 23. G Morris, 24. J vd Walt, 25. J Schoeman, 26. G Nchocho.
Eastern Province: 15. O Muller, 14. R Augustus, 13. C Finnis, 12. T Delport (c), 11. N Ngobe, 10. M de Ridder, 9. D Edwards, 8. N Zono, 7. D Halgreen (c), 6. T Dyanti, 5. J Friend, 4. A Marubelela, 3. J Malan, 2. Y Dladla, 1. J Caraher. Replacements: 16. L Memani, 17. J Burton, 18. M Nortjie, 19. R Claassen, 20. C Qunta, 21. D Swartz, 22. T de Klerk, 23. S Hannes, 24. S Hans, 25. D Alberts.