Sharks Director of Rugby Gary Gold has almost entirely retained the Super Rugby team that lost to the Lions for this weekend’s match against the Cheetahs at Kings Park.
2015 Varsity Cup fullback Rhyno Smith has been handed his first run on start for this Saturday’s penultimate clash of the pool stages after impressing off the bench in last week’s clash with the Lions.
Smith was named the the ‘Overall Player that Rocks’ in the Varsity Cup last season.
In the last change to the starting line-up Coenie Oosthuizen comes in for Lourens Adriaanse in the front row.
Sharks
15. Rhyno Smith, 14. S’bura Sithole , 13. JP Pietersen , 12. Andre Esterhuizen , 11. Lwazi Mvovo , 10. Garth April, 9. Michael Claassens , 8. Philip van der Walt, 7. Jean-Luc du Preez, 6. Keegan Daniel , 5. Stephan Lewies , 4. Etienne Oosthuizen , 3. Coenie Oosthuizen , 2. Franco Marais , 1. Tendai Mtawarira (C)
Replacements:16. Chiliboy Ralepelle ,17. Thomas du Toit,18. Lourens Adriaanse,19. Ruan Botha, 20. Tera Mtembu,21. Stefan Ungerer, 22. Heimar Williams, 23. Curwin Bosch
