Guinness PRO14 kicks off

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The Toyota Cheetahs will become the first southern hemisphere side ever to take part in the Guinness PRO14 championship. The side from Bloemfontein will be

making history when they take on Ulster Rugby on Friday evening at 20:35 (SA time) at the Kingspan Stadium in Belfast, Ireland.

“The Toyota Cheetah players are extremely excited to join this world class championship”, said Toyota Cheetah captain, Neill Jordaan after arriving in Belfast on Wednesday.

Guinness PRO14 will for the first time play under the new Conference format which sees each team play home and away against clubs in their own Conference and

then home or away against the other Conference before two more rounds that ensure all derby games are played, which formed an important part the competition up till now.

South Africans who previously played for Ulster are Johann Muller, Ruan Pienaar (Independent.ie Try of the Season 2017) and Franco van der Merwe.

Coach Rory Duncan announced a strong team for the first encounter.

Toyota Cheetahs vs Ulster

Kingspan Stadium

1 September 2017, 20:35 (SA Time)

Shirt no.	Position	Player
15	Full back	Petersen, Sergeal
14	Right wing	Rosko Specman
13	Right centre	William Small-Smith
12	Left centre	Ali Mgijima
11	Left wing	Makazole Mapimpi
10	Fly half	Clayton Blommetjies
9	Scrum half	Shaun Venter
1	Loose head prop	Charles Marais
2	Hooker	Jacques du Toit
3	Tight head prop	Johan Coetzee
4	Left lock	Justin Basson
5	Right lock	Reniel Hugo
6	Left flanker	Paul Schoeman
7	Right flanker	Henco Venter
8	Number eight	Niell Jordaan (Captain)
Substitutes
16	Hooker	Torsten van Jaarsveld
17	FRR	Ox Nche
18	FRR	Tom Botha
19	Utility Forward	Rynier Bernardo
20	Utility Forward	Gerhard Olivier
21	Back	Tian Meyer
22	Back	Cecil Afrika
23	Back	Ryno Benjamin