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He is a school will be the captain of the Western Province at its opening Currie Cup encounter against him Blue bulls in Newlands on Saturday.
Springbok captain returns to action after injury, along with wing Seabelo Senatla for the north-south derby, which starts at 7:00 p.m. on Saturday.
Kolisi leads a starting lineup that features seven Springboks and one Springbok Sevens player on each wing.
Fullback Warrick Gelant and wing Angelo Davids will make their Western Province debuts, while prop Ali Vermaak and forward Jaco Coetzee are set to return from an injury from the bench.
Western Province Coach John dobson says his team is eager to start their Currie Cup campaign.
“We can’t think of a better way to start this competition than against the Bulls in Newlands.
“We are happy to welcome some key players who returned from injury and we will do our best to make a positive start with the Western Province jersey,” he said.
Equipment:
Western Province
15 Warrick Gelant, 14 Seabelo Senatla, 13 Dan du Plessis, 12 Rikus Pretorius, 11 Angelo Davids, 10 Damian Willemse, 9 Herschel Jantjies, 8 Juarno Augustus, 7 Ernst van Rhyn, 6 Siya Kolisi (captain), 5 JD Schickerling, 4 Salmaaan Moerat, 3 Frans Malherbe, 2 Bongi Mbonambi, 1 Steven Kitshoff
Substitutes (from): 16 Scarra Ntubeni, 17 Ali Vermaak, 18 Kwenzo Blose, 19 Neethling Fouche, 20 David Meihuizen, 21 Chris van Zyl, 22 Jaco Coetzee, 23 Marcel Theunissen, 24 Godlen Masimla, 25 Tim Swiel, 26 Ruhan Nel
Blue bulls
15 David Kriel, 14 Travis Ismaiel, 13 Stedman Gans, 12 Cornal Hendricks, 11 Kurt-Lee Arendse, 10 Chris Smith, 9 Ivan van Zyl, 8 Duane Vermeulen (captain), 7 Arno Botha, 6 Marco van Staden, 5 Ruan Nortje , 4 Walt Steenkamp, 3 Trevor Nyakane, 2 Johan Grobbelaar, 1 Jacques van Rooyen
Substitutes: 16 Corniel Els, 17 Gerhard Steenekamp, 18 Marcel van der Merwe, 19 Sintu Manjezi, 20 Nizaam Carr, 21 Embrose Papier, 22 Clinton Swart, 23 Marco Jansen van Vuren
– WP Rugby
