Evardi Boshoff will start at outside centre in the only change to the backline.

Upfront, the lock, Ockie Barnard, earns his first start, while a new front-row has been named at with will see the welcome return of the Namibian international tighthead, Aranos Coetzee, while Marnus van der Merwe starts at hooker and Schalk Ferreira will play loosehead.

The coach, Hawies Fourie, told OFM Sport that it’s great to have Coetzee back.

“We are all glad to have Aranos Coetzee back. He is a great scrummager and we all know that the scrum is an important part of the game where you can get a lot of penalties, or you can get penalised as well.

“We with him back we all know that we will be solid upfront and we can apply pressure on the Western Province scrum.”

Tomorrow’s game at the Toyota Stadium kicks off at 17:45.

Cheetahs - 15 Cohen Jasper, 14 Daniel Kasende, 13 Evardi Boshoff, 12 Frans Steyn, 11 Malcolm Jaer, 10 Siya Masuku, 9 Ruan Pienaar (captain), 8 Mihlali Mosi, 7 Jeandré Rudolph, 6 Gideon van der Merwe, 5 Victor Sekekete, 4 Ockie Barnard, 3 Aranos Coetzee, 2 Marnus van der Merwe, 1 Schalk Ferreira.

Replacements - 16 Dandré Delport, 17 Alulutjo Tshakweni, 18 Marné Coetzee, 19 Sergio Moreira, 20 Andisa Ntsila, 21 Rewan Kruger, 22 Reinhardt Fortuin, 23 Rosko Specman.

Western Province - 15 Tristan Leyds, 14 Sergeal Petersen, 13 Mnombo Zwelendaba, 12 Cornel Smit, 11 Angelo Davids, 10 Kade Wolhuter, 9 Thomas Bursey, 8 Keke Morabe, 7 Marcel Theunissen, 6 Nama Xaba (captain), 5 Ben-Jason Dixon, 4 Connor Evans, 3 Lee-Marvin Mazibuko, 2 JJ Kotze, 1 Kwenzo Blose.

Replacements - 16 Lukhanyo Vokozela, 17 Leon Lyons, 18 Corné Weilbach, 19 Simon Miller, 20 Roelof Smit, 21 Godlen Masimla, 22 Timothy Swiel, 23 Rikus Pretorius.

Morgan Piek OFM Sport