Southern Kings team to play the Highlanders on 11 May 2013
SOUTHERN KINGS TEAM TO PLAY THE HIGHLANDERS
AT PORT ELIZABETH
SATURDAY 11 MAY 2013
15. George Whitehead
11. Marcello Sampson
13. Ronnie Cooke
12. Andries Strauss (Vice Captain)
14. Siyanda Grey
10. Demetri Catrakilis
9. Shaun Venter
1. Schalk Ferreira
2. Bandise Maku
3. To Be Confirmed
6. Wimpie van der Walt
4. Steve Sykes
5. David Bulbring
7. Luke Watson (Captain)
8. Cornell du Preez
Replacements
16. Virgile Lacombe
17. To Be Confirmed
18. Daniel Adongo
19. Devin Oosthuizen
20. Nicolas Vergallo
21. Shane Gates
22. SP Marais
Changes to the team:
Front
Luke Watson returns to the starting line up at no 7 and takes over the captaincy of the side, with Andries Strauss taking up the Vice Captain role.
Cornel du Preez moves to eighthman to cover for Jacques Engelbrecht who is missing the game due to a bad ankle sprain
Wimpie van Der Walt moves to 6
David Bulbring comes into the starting line up at 5 in place of Rynier Bernardo
There are some concerns around Kevin Buys’ fitness after a back injury during the game against the Waratahs and as such the prop position at no 3 remains open for now. A decision will be taken on Thursday regarding the position, following an assessment of Buys. This will also have an impact on who is chosen as a reserve prop on the bench at 17.
Backs (relatively unchanged)
Marcello Sampson comes back to the team at no 11 for Sergeal Petersen
Bench
Daniel Adongo returns to the side following a solid performance in the Vodacom cup side
Devin Oosthuizen returns to the side
Shane Gates has earned his first call up to the side, following his performance at Vodacom Cup level, and replaces Waylon Murray on the bench
SP Marais comes back to the side after recovering from his knee injury during the Chiefs game, replacing Siviwe Soyizwapi on the bench
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