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I have a huge amount of respect for him - Wegner

───   MORGAN PIEK 08:52 Fri, 26 Feb 2021

I have a huge amount of respect for him - Wegner | News Article
Carl Wegner - Gallo

The Toyota Cheetahs named a strong and experienced team that will travel to Cape Town on Friday to face the Stormers on Saturday in the preparation series.

The Cheetahs included the seasoned campaigners, Schalk Ferreira and Rynier Bernardo, in the starting team for the game.

Bernardo, who has previously played for the Cheetahs, will form the second-row combination with the captain, Carl Wegner.

Wegener told OFM Sport that he welcomes playing alongside Bernardo.

“Rynier knows the set up here at the Free State, he was here for quite a while before he left for Japan.

“I have a huge amount of respect for him. He is a good player and I welcome him back with open arms.

“I think that he will make a positive contribution this weekend and I do have a lot of confidence in the lineouts.

“He is really eager to be back out on the field again after probably a year without rugby, so he is just eager to get back on the park again.”

Saturday’s game between the Stormers and the Cheetahs at the Toyota Stadium kicks off at 17:15.

Stormers - 15 Tristan Leyds, 14 Edwill van der Merwe, 13 Ruhan Nel, 12 Cornel Smit, 11 Leolin Zas, 10 Kade Wolhuter, 9 Godlen Masimla, 8 Juarno Augustus, 7 Ben-Jason Dixon, 6 Marcel Theunissen, 5 Chris van Zyl (captain), 4 David Meihuizen, 3 Neethling Fouche, 2 Scarra Ntubeni, 1 Ali Vermaak.

Replacements - 16 Chad Solomon, 17 Leon Lyons, 18 Sazi Sandi, 19 Johan du Toit, 20 Ernst van Rhyn, 21 Paul de Wet, 22 Abner van Reenen, 23 Mnombo Zwelendaba.

Toyota Cheetahs - 15 Clayton Blommetjies, 14 Duncan Saal, 13 Chris Smit, 12 Frans Steyn, 11 Rosko Specman, 10 Reinhardt Fortuin, 9 Tian Meyer, 8 Jeandré Rudolph, 7 George Cronjé, 6 Andisa Ntsila, 5 Rynier Bernardo, 4 Carl Wegner (captain), 3 Aranos Coetzee, 2 Wilmar Arnoldi , 1 Schalk Ferreira.

Replacements - 16 Marnus van der Merwe, 17 Beertjie van Vuuren, 18 Khutha Mchunu, 19 Victor Sekekete, 20 Aidon Davis, 21 Ruan Pienaar, 22 Dries Swanepoel, 23 Rhyno Smith.


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