Coach Mike Vowles has made one enforced change to the Sharks XV starting lineup for Friday’s Currie Cup clash against the Cheetahs in Bloemfontein.
Blindside flank Danilo Botha replaces Jannes Potgieter, who suffered a knee injury early in last week’s 26-24 win against the Pumas in Nelspruit.
The only other change sees Bryce Calvert replace Jacques Marais as the reserve hooker.
“We haven’t made many changes, we feel that the more the team plays together, the better we’re going to get,” Vowles said.
“We’ve brought in Danilo, who joined us from the Stormers. He played his age-group rugby down there and we see him as a player with massive potential.
“He’s incredibly physical and, given some time in our system, I think he’s going to be really good for us and someone to watch.”
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Vowles expects a stern test from the Cheetahs, who edged the Lions 29-27 at the Free State Stadium last week.
“They’re a settled team who have played a lot of rugby together, they have some experienced players in their group and we anticipate a physical battle from them.
“But having seen what our group can do, I have no doubt we’ll be able to match them physically.”
SHARKS XV – 15 Chijindu Okonta, 14 Christie Grobbelaar, 13 Marnus Potgieter, 12 Janco Purchase, 11 Lyle Matthews, 10 Tim Swiel, 9 Ross Braude, 8 Thomas Dyer (c), 7 Danilo Botha, 6 Willem van den Hever, 5 Deon Slabbert, 4 Johan Momsen, 3 Simphiwe Ngobese, 2 Kerron van Vuuren, 1 Cameron Dawson.
Bench: 16 Bryce Calvert, 17 Jaco du Toit, 18 Lee-Marvin Mazibuko, 19 Sipho Nonyalela, 20 Hanu Pieterse, 21 Ceano Everson, 22 Chris Horak, 23 Matthew Fortuin.
Photo: Steve Haag/Gallo Images
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