Cheetahs team to take on the Stormers

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Toyota Cheetahs vs DHL Stormers

The Toyota Cheetah team to take on the DHL Stormers Saturday, 30 May at 17:05 at the Newlands in Cape Town has been announced.

Changes to the team:

· Tienie Burger and Joe Pietersen have been declared fit and are back in the starting line-up, replacing Carel Greeff and Francois Brummer.

· Sergeal Petersen replaces Cornal Hendricks on right wing.

· Sarel Pretorius will be replacing Shaun Venter on the bench.

Previous encounters

This will be the 15th Vodacom SupeRugby encounter between the Toyota Cheetahs and the Stormers from Cape Town since 18 March 2006. The Stormers are leading with nine wins to the five wins of the Toyota Cheetahs.

It will also be the eight time the teams meet at the Newlands Stadium in Cape Town since the first Newlands encounter on 18 March 2006 which the Toyota Cheetahs have won 31-25, the Bloemfontein based side’s only success thus far in Cape Town.

Toyota Cheetah scores mentioned first:

Date	Venue	Result	Tries
18/3/2006	Newlands, Cape Town	31-25	1-3
3/2/2007	Vodacom Park, Bloemfontein	27-9	3-0
12/4/2008	Newlands, Cape Town	22-34	3-5
16/5/2009	Vodacom Park, Bloemfontein	22-28	3-3
20/3/2010	Newlands, Cape Town	8-21	1-2
5/3/2011	Newlands, Cape Town	15-21	0-0
18/6/2011	FS Stadium, Bloemfontein	34-44	4-4
12/5/2012	Newlands, Cape Town	14-16	2-1
7/7/2012	FS Stadium, Bloemfontein	6-13	0-1
5/4/2013	FS Stadium, Bloemfontein	26-24	2-2
29/6/2013	Newlands, Cape Town	3-28	0-3
26/4/2014	FS Stadium, Bloemfontein	35-22	5-3
24/5/2014	Newlands, Cape Town	0-33	0-4
2/5/2015	FS Stadium, Bloemfontein	25-17	3-2
30/5/2015	Newlands, Cape Town	0-0	0-0
Played: 14. Stormers won: 9. Cheetahs won: 5. Points scored – Cheetahs: 268. Stormers: 335. Tries scored – Cheetahs: 27. Stormers: 33. Average score – 24-19 to the Stormers. Stats by Frikkie Janse van Rensburg

Toyota Cheetahs vs DHL Stormers

NO.	POSITION	NAME
1	LOOSEHEAD PROP	Danie Mienie
2	HOOKER	Torsten van Jaarsveld
3	TIGHTHEAD PROP	Maks van Dyk
4	LEFT LOCK	Carl Wegner
5	RIGHT LOCK	Francois Uys ( c )
6	LEFT FLANKER	Tienie Burger
7	RIGHT FLANKER	Boom Prinsloo
8	NUMBER EIGHT	Willie Britz
9	SCRUMHALF	Tian Meyer
10	FLYHALF	Joe Pietersen
11	LEFT WING	Raymond Rhule
12	INSIDE CENTRE	Michael van der Spuy
13	OUTSIDE CENTRE	Francois Venter ( vc )
14	RIGHT WING	Sergeal Petersen
15	FULLBACK	Clayton Blommetjies
REPLACEMENTS:
16.	RESERVE	Stephan Coetzee
17.	RESERVE	BG Uys
18.	RESERVE	Ewald vd Westhuizen
19.	RESERVE	Steven Sykes
20.	RESERVE	Henco Venter
21.	RESERVE	Sarel Pretorius
22.	RESERVE	Coenie van Wyk
23.	RESERVE	Ryno Benjamin