Fourie is in charge of the Cheetahs for the first time since taking over from Franco Smith as the head coach, and he will be tested as his first outing in on tour as well.

Earlier Fourie indicated that we won’t be changing much to the teams' structure and what is already in place and working.

He has however tweaked the team a little and there are two debutants this weekend.

Upfront it Ox Nche and Aranos Coetzee will start at prop, while Jasper Wiese will start at the back of the scrum.

Coetzee is back with the team after representing his country Namibia at the Rugby World Cup in Japan. Nche, in his turn will be playing in his very last game for the Cheetahs before returning to South Africa to link up with the Sharks for their Super Rugby preseason.

Wiese earns a long-awaited starting role following the departure of Henco Venter who is also plying his trade at the Sharks.

In the backline, Clayton Blommetjies will start on the wing, with William Small-Smith moving to the bench.

Dries Swanepoel has recovered from his calf injury which saw him missing the 40-16 win over Munster a fortnight ago. Swanepoel and his midfield partner, Benhard Janse van Rensburg, do however swop jerseys. Janse van Rensburg will play at inside centre and Swanepoel on the outside.

The flyhalf, George Whitehead (on loan from the Griquas), and the hooker, Wilmar Arnoldi, have been named on the bench for their PRO14 debuts. Arnoldi comes in for the injured Reinach Venter, while Whitehead replaces Louis Fouché in the squad.

Before the teams' departure to Ireland, Fourie told OFM Sport that they cannot afford to take too many chances in their half of the field.

“It is to focus on something else. When we play in the Northern Hemisphere it is very important to have a very good kicking game, something we didn’t focus on in our home games.

“There we tried to run the opposition ragged and used the altitude to our advantage, but when we go over we will have to have a good kicking game, and that was the main difference in our focus from the first three games to the tour.

“The important thing for me is not to take too many chances in our own 22m area and to be organised when we want to kick. Who chases the ball and who stays behind, for instance? It was something we spent a lot of time on, but we aren’t going to be like Faf de Klerk and kick every ball we get.

“We are also not going to take too many chances in our own half.”

Saturday’s PRO14 game between Connacht and the Cheetahs in Galway kicks off at 18:15.

Connacht - 15 Stephen Fitzgerald, 14 Niyi Adeolokun, 13 Kyle Godwin, 12 Peter Robb, 11 John Porch, 10 Conor Fitzgerald, 9 Kieran Marmion, 8 Paul Boyle, 7 Jarrad Butler (captain), 6 Eoghan Masterson, 5 Quinn Roux, 4 Gavin Thornbury, 3 Finlay, Bealham, 2 Tom McCartney, 1 Denis Buckley.

Replacements - 16 Dave Heffernan, 17 Matthew Burke, 18 Dominic Robertson-McCoy, 19 Ultan Dillane, 20 Cillian Gallagher, 21 Caolin Blade, 22 Tom Farrell, 23 Darragh Leader.

Toyota Cheetahs - 15 Rhyno Smith, 14 Clayton Blommetjies, 13 Dries Swanepoel, 12 Benhard Janse van Rensburg, 11 Anthony Volmink, 10 Tian Schoeman, 9 Ruan Pienaar (captain), 8 Jasper Wiese, 7 Junior Pokomela, 6 Gerhard Olivier, 5 Walt Steenkamp, 4 Sintu Manjezi, 3 Aranos Coetzee, 2 Joseph Dweba, 1 Ox Nche.

Replacements – 16 Wilmar Arnoldi, 17 Boan Venter, 18 Luan de Bruin, 19 JP du Preez, 20 Sian Koen, 21 Tian Meyer, 22 George Whitehead, 23 William Small-Smith.

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