Warrick Gelant makes his return for the DHL Stormers in their Vodacom URC quarter-final against Glasgow Warriors at Scotstoun Stadium on Saturday.
The DHL Stormers will be aiming to secure a semifinal place when they face the Scottish outfit in the knock-out clash, which kicks off at 8.35pm(SAST) on Saturday.
Gelant had been rested for the last league fixture of the season and makes his return at fullback, with Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu moving to inside centre to link up with Dan du Plessis in midfield. The only other change to the backline sees Ben Loader come into the starting line-up on the left wing.
In the forward pack Evan Roos has been ruled out with a concussion picked up in training this week and is replaced at openside flank by Willie Engelbrecht.
There is an all-new front row of Brok Harris, Joseph Dweba and Frans Malherbe who all featured from the replacements bench in the win against the Lions in Cape Town.
Connor Evans and a fit-again Paul de Wet are included among the replacements, along with last week’s starting front row of Sti Sithole, Andre-Hugo Venter and Neethling Fouche.
John Dobson said that his team is determined to rise to the challenge of playing their first away knock-out fixture in the competition.
“We know that it will take a top performance to stay alive in this competition and that is a challenge we have embraced.
“We will have to do it without a number of our frontline players due to injuries, but it is a testament to the depth we have built and the quality of our squad that there is plenty of belief.
“Despite having almost a full team ruled out, we have built up some good momentum heading into the play-offs.
“This is our first Vodacom URC play-off match away from home after playing six at DHL Stadium and we want to show that we can rise to the occasion,” he said.
DHL Stormers — 15 Warrick Gelant, 14 Suleiman Hartzenberg, 13 Dan du Plessis, 12 Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, 11 Ben Loader, 10 Manie Libbok, 9 Herschel Jantjies, 8 Hacjivah Dayimani, 7 Ben-Jason Dixon, 6 Willie Engelbrecht, 5 Ruben van Heerden, 4 Salmaan Moerat (captain), 3 Frans Malherbe, 2 Joseph Dweba, 1 Brok Harris.
Subs: 16 Andre-Hugo Venter, 17 Sti Sithole, 18 Neethling Fouche, 19 Adre Smith, 20 Marcel Theunissen, 21 Connor Evans, 22 Paul de Wet, 23 Jean-Luc du Plessis.
Photo: Ashley Vlotman/Gallo Images
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