Pumas bring in Mtyanda for Sharks clash

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Steval Pumas coach Jimmy Stonehouse made one change to the starting XV that beat the Free State Cheetahs 28-21 in Nelspruit last weekend.
Stonehouse moved lock forward Marius Coetzer to the bench, with Giant Mtyanda starting for Friday’s Absa Currie Cup Round Two encounter with the defending champion the Cell C Sharks in Durban.

Rosco Speckman, who was a late withdrawal for the Cheetahs clash, has fully recovered from a groin injury and will play off the bench.

The Steval Pumas team is:

15. JW Bell
14. Ruwellyn Isbell
13. JW Jonker
12. Stefan Watermeyer
11. Jerome Pretorius
10. Justin van Staden
9. Reynier van Rooyen
8. Renaldo Bothma
7. Jaco Bouwer
6. Corne Steenkamp (c)
5. Giant Mtyanda
4. Frikkie Spies
3. DeJay Terblanche
2. Francois du Toit
1. Vincent Koch
Replacements:
16. Frank Herne
17. Corne Fourie
18. Marius Coetzer
19. Uzair Cassiem
20. Rosko Specman
21. JC Roos
22. Heinrich Steyl