Western Province side name their team for the Currie Cup final

Oct 23 • General News, National, South Africa • 3484 Views • Comments Off on Western Province side name their team for the Currie Cup final

Western Province coach Allister Coetzee has named an unchanged line-up for Saturday’s Currie Cup Final against the Sharks in Cape Town.

Captain Deon Fourie has overcome a neck injury and will lead the team into battle, with Springbok skipper Jean de Villiers once again serving as the team’s vice-captain.

De Villiers will start in the No.13 jersey in what will also be his 50th match for Western Province. Juan de Jongh has been named on the bench, as he was in last week’s semi-final win over the Golden Lions.

The DHL Western Province team for the 2013 Absa Currie Cup Final (vsSharks) is as follows:

15. Gio Aplon – 94 WP caps, 32 tries
14. Gerhard van den Heever – 22 WP caps, 3 tries
13. Jean de Villiers (vice-captain) – 49 WP caps, 30 tries
12. Damian de Allende – 23 WP caps, 5 tries
11. Cheslin Kolbe – 18 WP caps, 7 tries
10. Demetri Catrakilis – 38 WP caps, 482 points
9. Louis Schreuder – 43 WP caps, 3 tries
8. Duane Vermeulen – 37 WP caps, 7 tries
7. Siya Kolisi – 22 WP caps, 5 tries
6. Deon Fourie (captain) – 89 WP caps, 22 tries
5. De Kock Steenkamp – 61 WP caps, 1 try
4. Eben Etzebeth – 5 WP caps, no tries
3. Pat Cilliers – 11 WP caps, no tries
2. Scarra Ntubeni – 31 WP caps, 1 try
1. Steven Kitshoff – 31 WP caps, 1 try

Replacements:
16. Frans Malherbe – 32 WP caps, no tries
17. Brok Harris – 107 WP caps, 14 tries
18. Michael Rhodes – 10 WP caps, 2 tries
19. Schalk Burger – 36 WP caps, 7 tries
20. Nic Groom – 48 WP caps, 7 tries
21. Kurt Coleman – 38 WP caps, 206 points
22. Juan de Jongh – 38 WP caps, 14 tries

Referee: Jonathan Kaplan