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Jake white has made five changes to the Bulls team to face the Cheetahs in a Super Rugby Unlocked clash on Friday with Duane Vermeulen going back to the team.
Vermeulen will be the captain of the team that includes a Clinton Swart debut inside center.
Other changes include Johan Grobbelaar at hooker, Springbok Embrose Papier at scrumhalf and Jade Stighling at left wing.
With Swart at 12, Cornal Hendricks switches to outside center while Stedman Gans moves to the bench.
All eyes will be on Swart and Hendricks’ midfield combination, as his pace and strength will in all likelihood come in handy against a confident Free State team after handing the Pumas a major loss last week.
White has also changed the bench with under-21 star Joe van Zyl set to receive his first senior internationalization if called up, while Gerhard Steenekamp replaces the injured Lizo Gqoboka, who suffered a calf injury against the Lager Griquas.
Nizaam Carr returns from injury and replaces Elrigh Louw on the bench.
“We fought to get going against the Griquas and we can’t afford the same against a strong Cheetahs team. We were lucky to walk away with last week’s win and we must do better by implementing our style of play in this clash as soon as possible.” “White said.
The start of Friday is at 19:00.
Teams:
Cheetahs
15 Clayton Blommetjies, 14 Malcolm Jaer, 13 Benhard Janse van Rensburg, 12 Frans Steyn, 11 Rosko Specman, 10 Tian Schoeman, 9 Ruan Pienaar (captain), 8 Jasper Wiese, 7 Junior Pokomela, 6 Andisa Ntsila, 5 Walt Steenkamp, 4 Carl Wegner, 3 Luan de Bruin, 2 Reinach Venter, 1 Charles Marais
Substitutes: 16 Jacques du Toit, 17 Boan Venter, 18 Erich de Jager, 19 JP du Preez, 20 Aidon Davis, 21 Chris Massyn, 22 Tian Meyer, 23 William Small-Smith
Bulls
15 Gio Aplon, 14 David Kriel, 13 Cornal Hendricks, 12 Clinton Swart, 11 Jade Stighling, 10 Morné Steyn, 9 Embrose Papier, 8 Duane Vermeulen (captain), 7 Arno Botha, 6 Marco van Staden, 5 Ruan Nortje, 4 Jason Jenkins, 3 Trevor Nyakane, 2 Johan Grobbelaar, 1 Jacques van Rooyen
Substitutes: 16 Joe van Zyl, 17 Gerhard Steenekamp, 18 Mornay Smith, 19 Sintu Manjezi, 20 Nizaam Carr, 21 Ivan van Zyl, 22 Chris Smith, 23 Stedman Gans
– Compiled by Sport24
