Toyota Cheetahs Team announced for clash with Hurricanes
The Toyota Cheetah Head Coach, Naka Drotske, has named his starting XV to take on the Hurricanes on Saturday, 15 March at 05:35 (SA Time) at the Westpac-stadion in Wellington, New Zeeland.
Changes to the team from last week:
- Sarel Pretorius replacing Shaun Venter on no. 9. Venter moves to the bench
- Raymond Rhule returning to left wing after an ankle injury side-lined him last week
- Cornal Hendriks back on right wing
- Wille le Roux returning to fullback
- Andries Ferreira and Hennie Daniller will be on the bench
| No. | name |
| 1 | Caylib Oosthuizen |
| 2 | Adriaan Strauss (c ) |
| 3 | Maks van Dyk |
| 4 | Lodewyk de Jager |
| 5 | Francois Uys |
| 6 | Boom Prinsloo |
| 7 | Lappies Labuschagne |
| 8 | Philip van der Walt |
| 9 | Sarel Pretorius |
| 10 | Johan Goosen |
| 11 | Raymond Rhule |
| 12 | Francois Venter ( vc ) |
| 13 | Johann Sadie |
| 14 | Cornal Hendricks |
| 15 | Willie le Roux |
| REPLACEMENTS | |
| 16. | Ryno Barnes |
| 17. | Trevor Nyakane |
| 18. | Rossouw de Klerk |
| 19. | Andries Ferreira |
| 20. | Jean Cook |
| 21. | Shaun Venter |
| 22. | Elgar Watts |
| 23. | Hennie Daniller |
Previous encounters:
Saturday will be the ninth Vodacom SupeRugby encounter between the Toyota Cheetahs and the Hurricanes.
The Toyota Cheetahs won three and the Hurricanes five out of the previous eight matches. The Toyota Cheetahs won the last match played in Wellington.
Toyota Cheetahs’ encounters with the Hurricanes:
2006 – Bloemfontein: won 27-25 (drieë: 3-3).
2007 – Wellington: lost 15-37 (drieë: 2-4).
2008 – Kimberley: lost 10-38 (drieë: 1-6).
2009 – New Plymouth: lost 12-29 (drieë: 2-4).
2010 – Bloemfontein: won 28-10 (drieë: 1-2).
2011 – Bloemfontein: lost 47-50 (drieë: 5-6).
2012 – Wellington: won 47-38 (drieë: 6-4).
2013 – Bloemfontein: lost 34-39 (drieë: 3-4).
Points: Toyota Cheetahs: 220. Hurricanes: 266.
Tries: Toyota Cheetahs: 23. Hurricanes: 33.
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