Toyota Cheetahs' head coach Hawies Fourie announced his line-up with several changes made, to play Airlink Pumas on Friday @ 18h00 in Bloemfontein in the last round of the Carling Currie Cup competition. Captain Ruan Pienaar will play his 50th match for the Toyota Cheetahs.
Cohen Jasper replaces Clayton Blommetjies at fullback with Robert Ebersohn replacing David Brits at the outside centre. Chris Smit replaces the injured Frans Steyn at inside centre and Reinhardt Fortuin comes in at flyhalf off the bench
Upfront, Jeandre Rudolph comes in at number eight while Aidon Davis replaces Andisa Ntsila on the side of the scrum. Rynier Bernardo replaces Aidon Davis who moved to the side of the scrum. Louis vd Westhuizen returns as the hooker while Schalk vd Merwe replaces Cameron Dawson on the loosehead.
The following players are not eligible for team selection due to injury: Branden de Kock (knee), Malcolm Jaer (ankle), Craig Barry (knee), Zinedine Booysen (ankle), Evardi Boshoff (groin), Duncan Saal (hamstring), Wilmar Arnoldi (hamstring) and Frans Steyn (hamstring)
Toyota Cheetahs: 15 Cohen Jasper, 14 Daniel Kasende, 13 Robert Ebersohn, 12 Chris Smit, 11 Rosko Specman, 10 Reinhardt Fortuin, 9 Ruan Pienaar (captain), 8 Jeandre Rudolph, 7 Aidon Davis, 6 Gideon van der Merwe, 5 Victor Sekekete, 4 Rynier Bernardo, 3 Aranos Coetzee, 2 Louis vd Westhuizen, 1 Schalk Ferreira. Replacements: 16. Marnus van der Merwe, 17. Alulutho Tshakweni, 18. Marne Coetzee, 19. Ockie Barnard, 20. Andisa Ntsila, 21. Mihlali Mosi, 22. Rewan Kruger, 23. David Brits.
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