Toyota Cheetahs team for Stormers clash

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The Toyota Cheetahs will be taking on the Stormers on Saturday, 2 May on their home ground, the Free State Stadium in Bloemfontein. Changes to the team:

· Caylib Oosthuizen replaces Danie Mienie (concussion) on prop

· Joe Pietersen replaces Willie du Plessis on flyhalf. Clayton Blommetjies will start on fullback.

· Sergeal Petersen will make his Super Rugby debut for the Toyota Cheetahs on left wing, after recovering from a broken jaw. Ryno Benjamin moves to right wing.

· Cornal Hendricks will be resting this weekend due to SARU regulations.

· Francois Venter replaces Johann Sadie (knee injury)

· New on the bench is Dolph Botha, Francois Brummer and Danie Dames

In a Vodacom Cup curtain raiser starting at 14:30, the Toyota Free State XV will be taking on the Western Province. Gates open at 14:00.

Everyone is welcome at the Sparta Braai Area – come and buy a steak and braai it yourself. Jakkie Louw will provide entertainment on the Castle Deck after the match.

Credo will be handing out free popcorn at the gates.

Ticket prices:

R80 – Main Stand, R60 – Open Stand (adults) and R20 for students and kids.

Tickets can be purchased online fscheetahs.co.za or at the Ticket office at Gate 8 (Att Horak Avenue) at the Free State Stadium

Previous Encounters

This will be the 14th SupeRugby encounter between the Toyota Cheetahs and the Stormers from Cape Town since 18 March 2006. The Stormers are leading with nine wins to the four wins of the Toyota Cheetahs.

It will also be the seventh time the teams meet at the Free State Stadium in Bloemfontein since the first Bloemfontein encounter on 3 February 2007. The Toyota Cheetahs has won three previous matches in Bloemfontein and the Stormers three.

The Toyota Cheetahs won the two previous matches against the Stormers at the Free State Stadium: winning 26-24 (5 April 2013) and 35-22 (26 April 2014). The Stormers, however, won the last match on 24 May 2014 at Newlands, Cape Town, 33-0.

(Toyota Cheetah scores mentioned first):

Date	Venue	Result	Tries
18/3/2006	Newlands, Cape Town	31-25	1-3
3/2/2007	Vodacom Park, Bloemfontein	27-9	3-0
12/4/2008	Newlands, Cape Town	22-34	3-5
16/5/2009	Vodacom Park, Bloemfontein	22-28	3-3
20/3/2010	Newlands, Cape Town	8-21	1-2
5/3/2011	Newlands, Cape Town	15-21	0-0
18/6/2011	FS Stadium, Bloemfontein	34-44	4-4
12/5/2012	Newlands, Cape Town	14-16	2-1
7/7/2012	FS Stadium, Bloemfontein	6-13	0-1
5/4/2013	FS Stadium, Bloemfontein	26-24	2-2
29/6/2013	Newlands, Cape Town	3-28	0-3
26/4/2014	FS Stadium, Bloemfontein	35-22	5-3
24/5/2014	Newlands, Cape Town	0-33	0-4
2/5/2015	FS Stadium, Bloemfontein	0-0	0-0
30/5/2015	Newlands, Cape Town	0-0	0-0
Played: 13. Stormers won: 9. Cheetahs won: 4 Points scored – Cheetahs: 243. Stormers: 318 Tries scored – Cheetahs: 24. Stormers: 31 Average score – 29-19 to the Stormers Stats by Frikkie Janse van Rensburg

Toyota Cheetahs vs Stormers

Saturday, 2 May 2015 – 17:05 – Free State Stadium

NO.	POSITION	NAME
1	LOOSEHEAD PROP	Caylib Oosthuizen
2	HOOKER	Torsten van Jaarsveld
3	TIGHTHEAD PROP	Coenie Oosthuizen / Maks van Dyk
4	LEFT LOCK	Carl Wegner
5	RIGHT LOCK	Francois Uys ( c )
6	LEFT FLANKER	Tienie Burger
7	RIGHT FLANKER	Boom Prinsloo
8	NUMBER EIGHT	Willie Britz
9	SCRUMHALF	Sarel Pretorius ( vc )
10	FLYHALF	Joe Pietersen
11	LEFT WING	Sergeal Petersen
12	INSIDE CENTRE	Michael van der Spuy
13	OUTSIDE CENTRE	Francois Venter
14	RIGHT WING	Ryno Benjamin
15	FULLBACK	Clayton Blommetjies
REPLACEMENTS:
16.	RESERVE	Stephan Coetzee
17.	RESERVE	Dolph Botha
18.	RESERVE	Maks van Dyk / Ewald vd Westhuizen
19.	RESERVE	Steven Sykes
20.	RESERVE	Carel Greeff
21.	RESERVE	Tian Meyer
22.	RESERVE	Francois Brummer
23.	RESERVE	Danie Dames