Toyota Cheetahs take on Edinburgh in Round 9

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The Toyota Cheetahs will be facing Edinburgh from Scotland on Friday evening at 19:30 (SA Time) at Toyota Stadium in Bloemfontein. The match will be broadcasted live on SuperSport 1.

The two sides have never met before, whilst this is Edinburgh’s first fixture against a South African side in the Guinness PRO14.

The Toyota Cheetahs defeat to Warriors in round 6 of the Championship spoiled their 100% maximum point winning record in Bloemfontein this season. Edinburgh Rugby have won their last five matches in all competitions since tripping up at Leinster in round 5 of the Guinness PRO14.

“We’ll be facing a strong team with great defence and we are looking forward to the challenge. We’ve been working hard last week and this week preparing for the match and we are really excited to run onto the field on Friday evening.” Torsten van Jaarsveld, captain of the Toyota Cheetahs.

“We can anticipate good competition from Edinburgh this weekend,” said Coach Rory Duncan.

Duncan announced his team for the encounter.

Clayton Blommetjies will be making his return on full-back.
Daniel Maartens and Craig Barry will be making their Guinness PRO14 debuts when they set foot to field. Maartens is a youngster who came through the ranks, while Barry played for the Western Province.

The following players are not eligible for team selection due to injury:

Elandre Huggett (knee), Neil Jordaan (ankle and knee), Gerhard Olivier (ankle), Ruan van Rensburg (knee), Niel Marais (shoulder), Justin Basson (hand),Ernst Stapelberg (arm),Ryno Eksteen (neck),

Dennis Visser (knee).

#SummerRugby

Summer’s heating up with sizzling Guinness Pro14 rugby action in Bloemfontein! Support the Toyota Cheetahs against Edinburgh, this Friday, 24 November at Toyota Stadium. Kick-off is at 19:30 the evening. Enjoy touchies, played by a Cheetah legends team and a youngster team on field with loads of fun and prizes up for grabs, take along your swim wear for the Twizza dunk tanks, and sing along to karaoke favourites like ‘Sweet Caroline’ and ‘Shosoloza’. Gates open at 17:00.

GUINNESS PRO14

Toyota Cheetahs vs Edinburgh

24 November 2017. Kick-off: 19:30 (SA Time)

Toyota Stadium, Bloemfontein

Shirt no.	Player
15	Clayton Blommetjies
14	Luther Obi
13	William Small-Smith
12	Nico Lee
11	Makazola Mapimpi
10	Fred Zeilinga
9	Shaun Venter
1	Charles Marais
2	Torsten Van Jaarsveld ©
3	Johan Coetzee
4	Carl Wegner
5	Hugo, Reniel
6	Paul Schoeman
7	Rynier Bernardo
8	Junior Pokomela

16	Jacques du Toit
17	Ox Nche
18	Tom Botha
19	Jasper Wiese
20	Daniel Maartens
21	Tian Meyer
22	Tertius Kruger
23	Craig Barry