Rudy Paige will captain the Free State Cheetahs in their Currie Cup clash against the Sharks in Bloemfontein on Saturday.
With the Cheetahs set to play Munster in the Pro14 on Saturday, there are just three players remaining from Free State’s 32-0 loss to Western Province – flyhalf Louis Fouche, lock Dennis Visser and tighthead prop Günther Janse van Vuuren.
There are also two debutants in the Cheetahs XV in lock Louis Conradie and fullback Adriaan Carelse, while Jannes Snyman, Luigi van Jaarsveld and Abogile Nonkontwana could make their debuts from the bench.
Free State Cheetahs – 15 Adriaan Carelse, 14 Ali Mgijima, 13 Carel-Jan Coetzee, 12 Tersius Kruger, 11 Lloyd Greeff, 10 Louis Fouce, 9 Rudy Paige (c), 8 Niell Jordaan, 7 Gerhard Olivier, 6 Stephan Malan, 5 Dennis Visser, 4 Louis Conradie, 3 Gunther Janse van Vuuren, 2 Reinach Venter, 1 Kevin Steven.
Subs: 16 Jannes Snyman, 17 Johan Kotze, 18 Luigi van Jaarsveld, 19 Abongile Nonkontwana, 20 Dian Badenhorst, 21 Vuyani Maqina, 22 Reinhart Erwee.
Five @CheetahsRugby players: L. Conradie, A. Carelse, J Snyman, L van Jaarsveld and A. Nonkontwana could make their Currie Cup debuts against the Sharks on Saturday. Captain @paige_rudy says they’ve learned from their mistake they made in the 32-0 drubbing against the WP. #Rugby pic.twitter.com/0C8aMbKRNi
— Percivale Young (@Percyoung) August 30, 2018
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