Veteran prop Trevor Nyakane has been included within the Sharks lineup to sort out the Pumas in spherical 5 of the 2024 Currie Cup at Mbombela Stadium on Saturday.
Head coach JP Pietersen has welcomed again two-time Springbok world champion Nyakane, who replaces Mawande Mdanda at tighthead for the journey to Nelspruit.
Tino Mavesere, again from Zimbabwe’s Rugby Africa Cup marketing campaign, is available in at flank in the one different change to the pack, with Eduan Keyter changing Yaw Penxe on the wing.
After bringing by means of quite a few children over the previous month, Pietersen has named only one debutant – flyhalf Chris Horak – as cowl off the bench.
The Sharks have taken confidence from final week’s victory over the Lions, their first on this yr’s version of rugby’s oldest competitors.
“The win restored confidence, we knew we have been enjoying good rugby and have been disenchanted to not recover from the road in two of the video games and we would have liked an 80-minute efficiency; going ahead we have to proceed with these 80-minute performances,” skipper Nick Hatton mentioned.
“The crew is in a superb house, however we’ve got to know that it’s only one win and we’ve got one other huge problem this weekend. We’re well-aware of what’s forward, however we’re in a superb place and the blokes consider. It’s just one win, however we’re hungry for extra.”
Sharks – 15 Hakeem Kunene, 14 Eduan Keyter, 13 Litelihle Bester, 12 Jurenzo Julius, 11 Jaco Williams, 10 Lionel Cronje, 9 Bradley Davids, 8 Nick Hatton (c), 7 Jannes Potgieter, 6 Tino Mavesere, 5 Reniel Hugo 4 Batho Hlekani, 3 Trevor Nyakane, 2 Dan Jooste, 1 Abraham Reyneke.Subs: 16 Bryce Calvert, 17 Dian Bleuler, 18 Kabous Bezuidenhout, 19 Hennie Sieberhagen, 20 Siya Ningiza, 21 Tian Meyer, 22 Chris Horak, 23 Scott Nel.
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