Toyota Cheetahs change two for clash with the Force

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The Toyota Cheetah team to take on the Western Force on Saturday, 11 April at 13:45 (SA Time) at the nib Stadium in Perth, Australia has been announced.

 

There are only two changes to the Toyota Cheetah team – upfront with BG Uys starting and Danie Mienie moving to the bench and at the back with Sarel Pretorius back in the starting line-up and Tian Meyer on the bench.

The Australian referee, Rohan Hoffmann will be in charge of Saturday’s Vodacom SupeRugby Round 9 match between the Western Force and the Toyota Cheetahs.

Previous encounters

This will mark the ninth SupeRugby encounter between the two teams since 6 May 2006. The Western Force is leading with five wins to the three wins of the Toyota Cheetahs. It will also be the fourth time the teams meet at the nib Stadium in Perth since the first Perth encounter on 27 April 2007.

The last time the Force hosted the Toyota Cheetahs on 23 March 2013 the Bloemfontein based side won 19-10. The Force, however, won the last match on 10 May 2014 at the Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein, 23-16.

(Toyota Cheetah scores mentioned first):

 

Cheetahs vs Western Force

Date

Venue

Result

Tries

6/5/2006 GWK Park, Kimberley

14-16

1-1

27/4/2007 Subiaco Oval, Perth

17-45

3-7

22/2/2008 Vodacom Park, Bloemfontein

15-16

2-1

20/2/2009 Subiaco Oval, Perth

10-16

1-1

8/5/2010 Vodacom Park, Bloemfontein

29-14

4-2

5/5/2012 FS Stadium, Bloemfontein

17-13

1-1

23/3/2013 NIB Stadium, Perth

19-10

1-1

10/5/2014 FS Stadium, Bloemfontein

16-23

1-2

11/4/2015 NIB Stadium, Perth

0-0

0-0

Played: 8. Western Force won: 5. Cheetahs won: 3.
Points scored – Cheetahs: 137. Western Force: 153.
Tries scored – Cheetahs: 14. Western Force: 16.
Average score – 16-14 to the Western Force.

Stats by Frikkie van Rensburg

 

 

 

                      Toyota Cheetahs vs Western Force

             

NO. POSITION NAME
1 LOOSEHEAD PROP BG Uys
2 HOOKER Torsten van Jaarsveld
3 TIGHTHEAD PROP Coenie Oosthuizen
4 LEFT LOCK Carl Wegner
5 RIGHT LOCK Francois Uys ( c )
6 LEFT FLANKER Heinrich Brussow
7 RIGHT FLANKER Boom Prinsloo
8 NUMBER EIGHT Willie Britz
9 SCRUMHALF Sarel Pretorius (vc)
10 FLYHALF Joe Pietersen
11 LEFT WING Raymond Rhule
12 INSIDE CENTRE Francois Venter
13 OUTSIDE CENTRE Johann Sadie
14 RIGHT WING Cornal Hendricks
15 FULLBACK Willie le Roux
REPLACEMENTS:   
16. RESERVE Stephan Coetzee
17. RESERVE Danie Mienie
18. RESERVE Maks van Dyk
19. RESERVE Steven Sykes
20. RESERVE Tienie Burger
21. RESERVE Tian Meyer
22. RESERVE Willie du Plessis
23. RESERVE Ryno Benjamin

Photo: Morgan Piek

 

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