Sharks team for Lions clash

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Cell C Sharks vs Golden Lions

Date: Friday, 3 October, 2014

Time: 19:10

Venue: Growthpoint KINGS PARK

Referee: Pro Legoete

Assistant Referees: Oregopotse Rametsi, Stefan Breytenbach

15. SP Marais
14. S’bura Sithole
13. Paul Jordaan
12. Andre Esterhuizen
11. Lwazi Mvovo
10. Lionel Cronje
9. Cameron Wright
8. Tera Mtembu (C)
7. Etienne Oosthuizen
6. Jacques Botes
5. Marco Wentzel
4. Stephan Lewies
3. Lourens Adriaanse
2. Kyle Cooper / Monde Hadebe
1. Thomas du Toit

Replacements
16. Monde Hadebe / Franco Marais
17. Dale Chadwick
18. Matt Stevens
19. JC Astle
20. Khaya Majola
21. Conrad Hoffmann
22. Fred Zeilinga

Notes
Quotes from Head Coach, Brad Macleod-Henderson.

“The Lions have a strong scrum, they’ve enjoyed great continuity from Super Rugby and they like to play an exciting brand of rugby and keep the ball in hand. We will need to sort our scrum out, defensively we will need to be strong and we’ll look for a few chinks in their armour that we’ll try to exploit.

“They have really set the Currie Cup alight since the first round. So we know we’ve got a huge challenge on our hands and we are looking forward to it.”

Additional Notes
With this being our last pool match of the group stages of the competition and with a home playoff not guaranteed, The Sharks will be celebrating and acknowledging the invaluable contribution made by Jacques Botes, the most capped player in Sharks and Absa Currie Cup history, who has announced his retirement at the end of the competition.