Shark side to face Toulon

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RUGBY MASTERS PRE-SEASON FRIENDLY

Toulon vs. Cell C Sharks

Date: Thursday, 5 February 2014

Time: 21h00 (GMT+1) 22h00 (CAT)

Venue: Stade Mayol, Toulon, France

15. SP Marais
14. S’bura Sithole
13. Waylon Murray
12. Heimar Williams
11. Lwazi Mvovo
10. Pat Lambie
9. Cobus Reinach
8. Tera Mtembu
7. Renaldo Bothma
6. Marcell Coetzee
5. Pieter-Steph du Toit
4. Mouritz Botha
3. Matt Stevens
2. Bismarck du Plessis (C)
1. Tendai Mtawarira

Replacements
16. Kyle Cooper
17. Dale Chadwick
18. Lourens Adriaanse
19. Monde Hadebe
20. Marco Wentzel
21. Etienne Oosthuizen
22. Andre Esterhuizen
23. Paul Perez
24. Odwa Ndungane
25. Conrad Hoffmann
26. Fred Zeilinga

Notes
*Match to be televised on SS1 from 21h50;

Quotes from the Cell C Sharks Director of Rugby, Gary Gold.

“This match is going to be the first really competitive game of the season, against a team that has qualified for the Heineken Cup quarter-finals already and yes, they will be more prepared than us and more game ready than us, that’s the challenge. But the reason why we wanted to be here is to put ourselves under this kind of pressure.

“It’s going to be a massive challenge, one we’re very excited about. I’m really happy they we are going to be playing such a quality team.”

DURBAN TOURISM
The Sharks have embarked on an exciting partnership with Durban Tourism and for this game, the Durban Tourism logo will appear on the back of the playing shorts.

MESSAGE OF SUPPORT FROM THE HEAD OF DURBAN TOURISM: PHILLIP SITHOLE
DURBAN GOES GLOBAL WITH CELL C SHARKS

The City of Durban is proud to have our South African Super Rugby Team, The Cell C Sharks carrying the Durban Brand in France as they take on the European Champions Toulon.

The global exposure for the city is the beginning of a mutually beneficial partnership with the powerful Super brand, the CELL C Sharks and a perfect alignment to the city’s strategy of Taking Durban To The World. The Sharks Supporters are considered to be some of the most loyal rugby fans in the world and we trust that this partnership will see more supporters visit the City of The Sharks home- ground, Durban. We would like to take the opportunity to wish The Cell C Sharks a successful game in France and we are confident that they will make the City of Durban proud!