EP Kings coach Barend Pieterse has made a number of changes to his side for their next Currie Cup match against the Cell C Sharks at Growthpoint Kings Park in Durban this Saturday.
Pieterse's men enjoyed a well-deserved break this past weekend after a rough couple of weeks, which included three matches in eight days. After losing to Boland and the Blue Bulls in Round 2 and 3 respectively, they faced Western Province, Griquas and Cheetahs in their last three matches which were crammed into just eight days.
Pieterse opted for a completely new front row than the one that went down 25 - 57 against the Free State Cheetahs a fortnight ago.
Justin Forwood moves from loose head to tight head to replace Vukile Sofisa, who moves down to the bench. Barend Potgieter moves up from the bench to fill in at loose head. Martin Bezuidenhout replaces Mike Willemse, who has been recalled by Western Province, at hooker and will also take over the vice-captaincy.
Brandon Brown is the only other replacement amongst the forwards, replacing Etienne Oosthuizen at openside flank.
Amongst the backs, former Sharks mid-fielder Waylon Murray comes in to replace Burton Klaasen at inside centre. Klaasen moves to outside centre where he replaces JC Greyling.
In the final change to the starting line-up, utility back Lungelo Gosa comes up from the bench where he replaces Johann Tromp.
The bench also sees two new faces in Minenhle Mthethwa and Alcino Isaacs who replaces Kobus Marais and Ganfried May respectively.
EP Kings:
1 Barend Potgieter 2 Martin Bezuidenhout (vc) 3 Justin Forwood 4 Dylan Pieterse 5 Sebastian Ferreira 6 Vincent Jhobo 7 Brandon Brown 8 Christiaan De Bruin 9 Ricky Schroeder (c) 10 Pieter-Steyn de Wet 11 Sampie Mastriet 12 Waylon Murray 13 Burton Klaasen 14 Siwivive Soyizwapi 15 Lungelo Gosa
Replacements:
16 Warrick Venter 17 Vukile Sofisa 18 Etienne Oosthuizen 19 Luke van der Smit 20 Vian van der Watt 21 Minenhle Mthethwa 22 Alcino Isaacs
Pieterse's men enjoyed a well-deserved break this past weekend after a rough couple of weeks, which included three matches in eight days. After losing to Boland and the Blue Bulls in Round 2 and 3 respectively, they faced Western Province, Griquas and Cheetahs in their last three matches which were crammed into just eight days.
Pieterse opted for a completely new front row than the one that went down 25 - 57 against the Free State Cheetahs a fortnight ago.
Justin Forwood moves from loose head to tight head to replace Vukile Sofisa, who moves down to the bench. Barend Potgieter moves up from the bench to fill in at loose head. Martin Bezuidenhout replaces Mike Willemse, who has been recalled by Western Province, at hooker and will also take over the vice-captaincy.
Brandon Brown is the only other replacement amongst the forwards, replacing Etienne Oosthuizen at openside flank.
Amongst the backs, former Sharks mid-fielder Waylon Murray comes in to replace Burton Klaasen at inside centre. Klaasen moves to outside centre where he replaces JC Greyling.
In the final change to the starting line-up, utility back Lungelo Gosa comes up from the bench where he replaces Johann Tromp.
The bench also sees two new faces in Minenhle Mthethwa and Alcino Isaacs who replaces Kobus Marais and Ganfried May respectively.
EP Kings:
1 Barend Potgieter 2 Martin Bezuidenhout (vc) 3 Justin Forwood 4 Dylan Pieterse 5 Sebastian Ferreira 6 Vincent Jhobo 7 Brandon Brown 8 Christiaan De Bruin 9 Ricky Schroeder (c) 10 Pieter-Steyn de Wet 11 Sampie Mastriet 12 Waylon Murray 13 Burton Klaasen 14 Siwivive Soyizwapi 15 Lungelo Gosa
Replacements:
16 Warrick Venter 17 Vukile Sofisa 18 Etienne Oosthuizen 19 Luke van der Smit 20 Vian van der Watt 21 Minenhle Mthethwa 22 Alcino Isaacs
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