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Willie Britz set to return to the Cheetahs

───   10:12 Fri, 11 Jul 2014

Morgan Piek
 
Bloemfontein - Former Shimlas captain and Lions eighthman, Willie Britz is said to be making a return to the Cheetahs.
 
Britz is expected to replace France bound Philip van der Walt at the back of the scrum.
 
He said to become the fourth Lion to join the Bloemfontein-based side after Bees Roux, Willie du Plessis and Coenie van Wyk already confirmed moves to the City of Roses.
  
The Lions are upbeat about their chances of claiming their seventh win of the season, when they tackle the Toyota Cheetahs in their final match of the season tomorrow.
 
With the two sides battling it out in for the wooden spoon in the South African conference, the clash at Ellis Park is expected to be humdinger.
 
Lions coach, Johan Ackerman said they are focusing on a seventh win in the big battle of the Cats, followed by a break and the shifting their attentions to the Currie Cup.
 
Tomorrow’s match at Ellis Park kicks off at 17:05.
 
Toyota Cheetahs -15 Willie le Roux, 14 Cornal Hendricks, 13 Johann Sadie, 12 Ryno Benjamin, 11 Raymond Rhule, 10 Johan Goosen, 9 Sarel Pretorius, 8 Philip van der Walt, 7 Teboho Mohoje, 6 Torsten van Jaarsveld, 5 Francois Uys, 4 Lood de Jager, 3 Coenie Oosthuizen, 2 Adriaan Strauss (captain), 1 Trevor Nyakane.
 
Replacements - 16 Caylib Oosthuizen, 17 Luan de Bruin, 18 Carl Wegner, 19 Jean Cook, 20 Henco Venter, 21 Shaun Venter, 22 Elgar Watts, 23 Hennie Daniller.
 
Lions - 15. Andries Coetzee, 14. Lionel Mapoe, 13. Stokkies Hanekom, 12. Alwyn Hollenbach, 11. Anthony Volmink, 10. Elton Jantjies, 9. Ross Cronjé, 8. Warren Whiteley, 7. Warwick Tecklenburg, 6. Jaco Kriel, 5. Franco van der Merwe, 4. Franco Mostert, 3. Julian Redelinghuys, 2. Robbie Coetzee, 1. Schalk van der Merwe.
 
Replacements - 16. Armand van der Merwe, 17. Corné Fourie, 18. Ruan Dreyer, 19. Willie Britz, 20. Derick Minnie, 21. Faf de Klerk, 22. Marnitz Boshoff, 23. Courtnall Skosan.
 

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