Rugby
Du Plessis brothers on the bench─── 09:16 Thu, 03 Jul 2014
Morgan Piek
Bloemfontein - The Sharks have named the Du Plessis brothers, Jannie and Bismarck on the bench for their Super Rugby clash against the Toyota Cheetahs.
Jean Deysel will skipper the side from Durban from the back of the scrum, while just three Springboks who face Scotland are in the starting XV.
Marcel Coetzee, Stephan Lewies and Lwazi Mvovo all start, while Frans Steyn, who withdrew from the Boks team last month, starts at centre.
Coach Jake White feels his team have a good chance in Bloemfontein, due to their good away record.
"The Cheetahs in Bloemfontein, they’re a strong side, you can see that from their record. They have knocked over some good sides at home and despite all the Springbok players they have from the weekend, it’s not really about the players they have in their roster, they’re a good team. We just need to make sure we prepare ourselves properly.
"We have a good away record, probably better than our home record this year strangely enough, although it’s not something we are really concentrating on or giving too much attention to. We just want to make sure we win, said White.
Saturday’s match at the Free State Stadium kicks off at 19:10.
Sharks - 15 SP Marais, 14 JP Pietersen, 13 S'bura Sithole, 12 Frans Steyn, 11 Lwazi Mvovo, 10 Tim Swiel, 9 Cobus Reinach, 8 Ryan Kankowski, 7 Jean Deysel (Captain), 6 Marcell Coetzee, 5 Anton Bresler, 4 Stephan Lewies, 3 Lourens Adriaanse, 2 Kyle Cooper, 1 Dale Chadwick.
Replacements - 16 Thomas du Toit, 17 Bismarck du Plessis, 18 Jannie du Plessis, 19 Willem Alberts, 20 Tera Mtembu, 21 Charl McLeod, 22 Odwa Ndungane, 23 Tonderai Chavhanga.
