Schalk Burger back for Stormers
Schalk Burger
Coach Alister Coetzee has announced the Stormers side to play the Highlanders at Newlands on Saturday. He has recalled both captain Schalk Burger and prop Wicus Blaauw to the side.
Coetzee has otherwise kept faith with the team that was narrowly beaten by the Brumbies apart from bringing in Dewaldt Duvenage ahead of Ricky Januarie at scrum-half.
Springbok flanker Burger will line-up alongside Francois Louw and Duane Vermeulen in the Stormers back-row, with Pieter Louw dropping to the bench despite scoring in their previous outing.
It will not be an easy game for the home side however, as their opponents from New Zealand enter the Super 14 fixture very much on a high after edging the Cheetahs in Bloemfontein.
Stormers: 15 Joe Pietersen, 14 Gio Aplon, 13 Jaque Fourie, 12 Juan De Jongh, 11 Bryan Habana, 10 Peter Grant, 9 Dewaldt Duvenage, 8 Duane Vermeulen, 7 Francois Louw, 6 Schalk Burger (capt), 5 Andries Bekker, 4 Anton Van Zyl, 3 Brok Harris, 2 Tiaan Liebenberg, 1 Wicus Blaauw.
Replacements: 16 Deon Fourie, 17 JC Kritzinger, 18 De Kock Steenkamp, 19 Pieter Louw, 20 Ricky Januarie, 21 Lionel Cronje, 22 Sireli Naqelevuki.
Date: Saturday, March 6
Kick-off: 17:05 (15:05 GMT)
Venue: Newlands
Referee: Mark Lawrence (South Africa)
Assistant referees: Jaco Peyper (South Africa), Andrew Lees (Australia)
Television match official: Shaun Veldsman (South Africa)
[Info from Planet Rugby]
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