Experienced Blitzbok Justin Geduld will start in midfield for DHL Western Province in the Currie Cup encounter with the Cheetahs in Cape Town today at 7:10pm.
Currently, there are two changes to the starting backline that played a vital part in the win against the Griffons last week, Cape {town} Etc reports.
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Jurie Matthee will return as flyhalf, with Geduld starting at outside centre.
Flank Sibusiso Sangweni, along with the Junior Springbok duo of scrumhalf Asad Moos and centre Joshua Boulle, are set to make their DHL Western Province debut from the replacements bench.
John Dobson stated that this is ‘another good chance’ to continue developing against what will be a strong Cheetahs side.
‘We have managed to keep some good continuity in combinations while bringing in some fresh faces, so we would like to see the team build further on last week’s performance,’ said Dobson.
‘We are playing at DHL Stadium and want to make the most of the opportunity to prove what we can do against the defending champions,’ Dobson added.
The DHL Western Province team are as follows:
- 15 Luke Burger
- 14 JC Mars
- 13 Justin Geduld
- 12 Damian Markus
- 11 Angelo Davids
- 10 Jurie Matthee
- 9 Imad Khan
- 8 Willie Engelbrecht (Captain)
- 7 Divan Fuller
- 6 Paul de Villiers
- 5 Gary Porter
- 4 Hendre Stassen
- 3 Corne Weilbach
- 2 JJ Kotze
- 1 Vernon Matongo
Substitute players are as follows:
- 16 Scarra Ntubeni
- 17 Mhleli Khuzwayo
- 18 Zachary Porthen
- 19 Andre Goedhals
- 20 Sibusiso Sangweni
- 21 Asad Moos
- 22 Kyle Smith
- 23 Joshua Boulle
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