With one Currie Cup game remaining before our bye, and then one more pool match before the pool stages, the Cell C Sharks will be throwing everything at the visiting Golden Lions this Friday night.
The first round match was an interesting affair as we came from near disaster to win quite comfortably in the end, 47-31. But the Lions, after losing another two games, have returned to winning ways and appear to have sewn up a top four spot.
The Cell C Sharks will be looking to maintain our winning ways and with that, our top of the log status in this return leg match at Growthpoint KINGS PARK.
With Jeremy Ward confirmed injured for this match, having sustained a collar bone injury in our 18-5 Currie Cup victory over the Blue Bulls on Saturday, Tristan Blewett makes his run-on debut, having played off the bench last weekend, with Inny Radebe returning to the side for Blewett on the replacement bench.
The only other change sees Franco Marais coming in for Chiliboy Ralepelle with Akker van der Merwe playing back-up at hooker.
For Jean Droste who came to Durban from the Bulls three years ago for a change of environment and to improve his rugby, the move has been a good one.
“Change is always good, having spent all my life in Pretoria and I’m happy to have made the move,” he explains.
“Confidence is high, we’ve spoken about complacency but I don’t think this team is in danger of becoming complacent. We’ve set ourselves goals and we want to execute them.
“We’ve been going really well, and there have been a few close games but those are the ones that build character.”
| The Cell C Sharks |
Replacements |
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| 1 | Thomas du Toit | 16 | Akker van der Merwe |
| 2 | Franco Marais | 17 | Juan Schoeman |
| 3 | Ross Geldenhuys | 18 | Jean Droste |
| 4 | Tyler Paul | 19 | Tera Mtembu |
| 5 | Ruan Botha (Captain) | 20 | Cameron Wright |
| 6 | Keegan Daniel | 21 | Inny Radebe |
| 7 | Jacques Vermeulen | 22 | Rhyno Smith |
| 8 | Daniel du Preez | ||
| 9 | Michael Claassens | ||
| 10 | Curwin Bosch | ||
| 11 | S’bu Nkosi | ||
| 12 | Marius Louw | ||
| 13 | Tristan Blewett | ||
| 14 | Odwa Ndungane | ||
| 15 | Garth April |
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