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Minnie blow for the Lions

───   16:30 Thu, 23 Apr 2015

Minnie blow for the Lions | News Article

The Lions have been dealt a massive blow ahead of their Super Rugby clash against the Toyota Cheetahs on Saturday.

The Cheetahs injuries have dominated the headlines this week with Heinrich Brussow, Willie le Roux and Coenie Oosthuizen ruled out, however the Lions will be without the services of Derick Minnie for the rest of the season.
 
The rock hard flank injured his knee and had to undergo surgery.
 
The Lions boast with  a whole host of solid loose forwards in their ranks, led by captain Warren Whitley who has  already made a 104 tackles this season, of which only one was missed.
 
Coach Johan Ackermann told OFM Sport that despite their depth in the department, the loss of Minnie is a massive blow for them.
 
The Lions enter the match coming off a bye weekend and four straight wins, while the Cheetahs in their turn are hunting for their fourth win of the campaign.
 
Lions - 15 Andries Coetzee, 14 Ruan Combrinck, 13 Lionel Mapoe, 12 Harold Vorster, 11 Courtnall Skosan, 10 Elton Jantjies, 9 Faf de Klerk, 8 Warren Whiteley (captain), 7 Warwick Tecklenburg, 6 Jaco Kriel, 5 Franco Mostert, 4 Andries Ferreira, 3 Ruan Dreyer, 2 Armand van der Merwe, 1 Jacques van Rooyen.
 
Replacements - 16 Robbie Coetzee, 17 Corne Fourie, 18 Julian Redelinghuys, 19 MB Lusaseni, 20 Robert Kruger, 21 Ross Cronjé, 22 Marnitz Boshoff, 23 Howard Mnisi.
 
Cheetahs - 15 Joe Pietersen, 14 Cornal Hendricks, 13 Johann Sadie, 12 Francois Venter, 11 Rayno Benjamin, 10 Willie du Plessis, 9 Sarel Pretorius, 8 Willie Britz, 7 Boom Prinsloo, 6 Tienie Burger, 5 Francois Uys, 4 Carl Wegner, 3 Maks van Dyk, 2 Torsten van Jaarsveldt, 1 Danie Minnie.
 
Replacements - 16 Stephan Coetzee, 17 Caylib Oosthuizen, 18 Ewald van der Westhuizen, 19 Steven Sykes, 20 Carel Greeff, 21 Tian Meyer, 22 Michael van der Spuy, 23 Clayton Blommetjies.
 
 
Morgan Piek / OFM News 

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