Toyota Cheetahs to play at Mbombela Stadium
Coach Hawies Fourie announced his team with various changes for the Preparation match between the NNC Pumas and the Toyota Cheetahs on Friday, 19 March.
Kick-off in the Mbombela Stadium in Nelspruit is at 16:30 and the match will be live on SuperSport.
Cameron Dawson, Marnus van der Merwe and Aranos Coetzee will be the starting front row with Schalk van der Merwe, Wilmar Arnoldi and Beertjie van Vuuren providing cover on the bench.
Victor Sekekete replaces Rynier Bernardo who moves to the bench. Flankers are Chris Massyn and Oupa Mohoje. Jacques Potgieter will be making his debut on number 8 in the orange jersey.
Howard Mnisi and Frans Steyn swops places with Mnisi in the starting line-up. Rhyno Smith is back in the full-back position and Rosko Specman is on reserve.
NNC Pumas vs Toyota Cheetahs
Friday, 19 March 2021, 16:30
Rhyno Smith
Malcolm Jaer
Chris Smit
Howard Mnisi
Craig Barry
Reinhardt Fortuin
Ruan Pienaar (C)
Jacques Potgieter
Oupa Mohoje
Chris Massyn
Victor Sekekete
Carl Wegner
Aranos Coetzee
Wilmar Arnoldi
Cameron Dawson
Replacements:
Janus Venter
Schalk Ferreira
Conraad (Beertjie) van Vuuren
Rynier Bernardo
Aidon Davis
Tian Meyer
Frans Steyn
Rosko Specman
Stuart Berry is the referee for the match. He will be assisted by Cwengile Jadeweni and Paul Mente. The TMO is Aimee Berrett-Theron.
Players not available: The following players are not eligible for team selection due to injury: Charles Marais (neck), Junior Pokomela (wrist), William Small-Smith (concussion), and Louis van der Westhuizen (knee), Jeandre Rudolph (calf), Brandon Thomson (back strain), Dries Swanepoel (knee) and Khutha Mchunu (neck).
