Cheetahs team to take on the Bulls in Currie Cup opener

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After a long wait and with much anticipation, the Absa Currie Cup kicks off on Saturday in Bloemfontein with the match between the Toyota Free State Cheetahs and the Vodacom Blue Bulls at 14:15. Gates open at 10:00 and at 10:30 the Toyota Free State Cheetahs will be taking on their opponents from the Blue Bulls. The u.21 game kicks off at 12:05.

Since the first encounter between the Toyota Free State Cheetahs (Free State) and the Blue Bulls (Northern Transvaal) on 20 May 1939, the two teams has met 89 times of which the Blue Bulls won 60 games and the Cheetahs 24. The teams draw on five occasions and out of the last six matches played in Bloemfontein, the Toyota Free State Cheetahs won three, the Blue Bulls two and one game was a draw.

120 Year Celebration

Free Rugby is 120 years old this year and brings honor to all former players with a reunion the weekend of the 7th and 8th August in Bloemfontein. The event kicks off on a more formal note with an exclusive function on the Friday. The Saturday before the Absa Currie Cup match between the Toyota Free State Cheetahs and the Bulls, all old players will parade onto the field. After the game, former and present players will get a chance to rub shoulders and to watch the Test match between the Springboks and Argentina in the Presidents Hall in the Free State Stadium.

A call is made to all ex-players to contact Free State Rugby with their contact details at reunie@fsrugby.za or 051 407 1700.

Toyota Day

Toyota will be bringing lots of excitement with the Toyota Yaris Extreme Thrill Ride experience and more fun for the kids with jumping castles, face painters, popcorn and candy floss in the stadium.

Adam Tas will provide entertainment on the Castle Deck after the game.

With the help of Toyota South Africa all the tickets for this game has been sold out and for the first time in a long while a full stadium is expected.

Toyota Vrystaat Cheetahs vs Vodacom Blou Bulle

Saterdag, 8 Augustus. 14:15

Vrystaat Stadion, Bloemfontein

15	Full back	Van Wyk	Coenie
14	Right wing	Blommetjies	Clayton
13	Right centre	Venter	Francois (vc)
12	Left centre	Benjamin	Ryno
11	Left wing	Rhule	Raymond
10	Fly half	Marais	Niel
9	Scrum half	Venter	Shaun
8	Number eight	Olivier	Gerhard
7	Right flanker	Venter	Henco
6	Left flanker	Prinsloo	Boom
5	Right lock	Uys	Francois ( c )
4	Left lock	Serfontein	Willem
3	Tight head prop	De Bruin	Luan
2	Hooker	Rautenbach	Neil
1	Loose head prop	Oosthuizen	Caylib

Replacements

16	Hooker	Du Toit	Jacques
17	Prop	Van Dyk	Maks
18	Utility Forward	Uys	BG
19	Utility Forward	Hugo	Reniel
20	Scrum half	Burger	Tienie
21	Utility back	Mkhabela	Zee
22	Utility back	Zeilinga	Fred