Toyota Cheetahs vs Munster Rugby
The Toyota Cheetahs will face Munster in round 2 of the Guinness PRO14 championship at Thomond Park in Limerick on Saturday, 9 September. The match kicks off at 17:15 (18:15 SA time) and will be broadcasted live on SuperSport 1.
Francois Venter has returned from the Springbok camp and will be taking over the captaincy from Neill Jordaan. He will be starting in his usual position on outside centre. William Small-Smith moves to inside centre and Ali Mgijima will be providing cover on the bench.
Rosco Specman did not pass a fitness test on Thursday and was ruled out due to injury. Sergeal Petersen will be moving from fullback to right wing. Clayton Blommetjie moves to the fullback position with Robbie Petzer coming in at no. 10.
Rynier Bernardo will be replacing Justin Basson on lock with Armandt Koster providing cover on the bench.
“The guys have had a good training week. We’ve spent a fair amount of time preparing ourselves especially in defence and breakdown,” said Coach Rory Duncan. With the anticipation of relatively wet conditions, one or two areas of the game have been adapted to suit the weather circumstances.
The referee for the match is Ben Whitehouse. He will be assisted by Wayne Davies and Mark Patton. The TMO is Jon Mason.
Coach Rory Duncan announced his team for the encounter.
GUINNESS PRO14
Toyota Cheetahs vs Munster Rugby
Thomond Park, Limerick
9 September 2017. Kick-off: 17:15 (18:15 SA Time)
Shirt no. Player
15 Clayton Blommetjies
14 Sergeal Petersen
13 Francois Venter (Captain)
12 William Small-Smith
11 Makazole Mapimpi
10 Robbie Petzer
9 Shaun Venter
1 Charles Marais
2 Jacques du Toit
3 Johan Coetzee
4 Rynier Bernardo
5 Reniel Hugo
6 Paul Schoeman
7 Henco Venter
8 Niell Jordaan
16 Torsten van Jaarsveld
17 Ox Nche
18 Tom Botha
19 Armandt Koster
20 Gerhard Olivier
21 Tian Meyer
22 Ali Mgijima
23 Ryno Benjamin
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