Cheetahs side named

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The Toyota Cheetah team to take on the Chiefs on Saturday, 28 March at 05:30 (SA Time) at the Waikato Stadium in Hamilton, New Zeeland has been announced.

Cheetahs vs Chiefs
Previous encounters This will be the 9th Super Rugby encounter between the two teams since 21 April 2006. The Chiefs are leading with six wins to none of the Toyota Cheetahs, with two matches ended in a draw. It will also be the fifth time the teams meet at the Waikato Stadium in Hamilton since the first Hamilton encounter on 21 April 2006. Out of the four previous matches, the Chiefs won three and the match on 23 April 2010 ended in a draw of 25-25. The last game between these two teams on 5 April 2014 at the Free State Stadium in Bloemfontein also ended in a draw of 43-43. (Toyota Cheetah scores mentioned first):
Date	Venue	Result	Tries
21/4/2006	Waikato Stadium, Hamilton	32-33	4-5
2/3/2007	Vodacom Park, B’fontein	22-22	1-1
8/3/2008	Waikato Stadium, Hamilton	20-22	2-3
18/4/2009	GWK Park, Kimberley	10-28	1-3
23/4/2010	Waikato Stadium, Hamilton	25-25	3-5
14/4/2012	FS Stadium, Bloemfontein	33-39	2-5
2/3/2013	Waikato Stadium, Hamilton	3-45	0-6
5/4/2014	FS Stadium, Bloemfontein	43-43	4-6
28/3/2015	Waikato Stadium, Hamilton	0-0	0-0
Played: 8. Chiefs won: 6. Cheetahs won: 0. Draw: 2. Points scored – Cheetahs: 188. Chiefs: 257. Tries scored – Cheetahs: 17. Chiefs: 34. Chiefs’ average winning score – 32-24. Info by Frikkie van Rensburg

Numerous changes have been made from last week’s team with six players from the bench moving onto the starting line-up.

Oupa Mohoje is on his way back home. He suffers from a groin injury he gained during last Saturday’s match against the Crusaders. He is expected to be out of action for 8 – 12 weeks. Tienie Burger will be joining the team on tour.

Springboks Willie le Roux and Coenie Oosthuizen are being rested as per agreement with SA Rugby.

Francois Venter is being rested.

Joe Pietersen will be standing in for Sarel Pretorius as vice-captain for the match. Pretorius will be joining the team on Sunday in Sydney after the birth of his second son on Tuesday. Shaun Venter will be returning back South Africa after Saturday’s encounter.

Toyota Cheetahs vs Chiefs

NO.	POSITION	NAME
1	LOOSEHEAD PROP	BG Uys
2	HOOKER	Stephan Coetzee
3	TIGHTHEAD PROP	Maks van Dyk
4	LEFT LOCK	Steven Sykes
5	RIGHT LOCK	Francois Uys (C )
6	LEFT FLANKER	Heinrich Brussow
7	RIGHT FLANKER	Jean Cook
8	NUMBER EIGHT	Boom Prinsloo
9	SCRUMHALF	Shaun Venter
10	FLYHALF	Joe Pietersen (VC)
11	LEFT WING	Raymond Rhule
12	INSIDE CENTRE	Michael van der Spuy
13	OUTSIDE CENTRE	Johann Sadie
14	RIGHT WING	Cornal Hendriks
15	FULLBACK	Clayton Blommetjies
REPLACEMENTS:
16.	RESERVE	Torsten van Jaarsveld
17.	RESERVE	Caylib Oosthuizen
18.	RESERVE	Danie Mienie
19.	RESERVE	Carl Wegner
20.	RESERVE	Willie Britz
21.	RESERVE	Tian Meyer
22.	RESERVE	Willie du Plessis
23.	RESERVE	Ryno Benjamin