DHL WP Coach Allister Coetzee named his team to take on the Toyota Freestate Cheetahs at DHL Newlands on Saturday 24 September at 17h05.

Province have been plagued by injuries all season and have lost three more players this week, with Steven Kitshoff (knee), Nic Groom (knee) and Isma-eel Dollie (ankle) all out. As a result Lionel Cronje gets a start in the 10 jersey, JD Moller starts in the 1 jersey and Louis Schreuder covers Dewaldt Duvenage from the bench. In a further change Heinrich Steyl makes the step up from the DHL WP U21 ranks to provide utility back cover in jersey 22.

Last three games in Absa Currie Cup vs Toyota Freestate Cheetahs:

  • 10 July 2010: DHL WP won 25-11 in Bloemfontein
  • 27 August 2010: Toyota FS Cheetahs won 29-24 in Cape Town
  • 6 August 2011: Toyota FS Cheetahs won 28-22 in Bloemfontein

The team is as follows:

15.    Conrad Jantjes
14.    Danie Poolman
13.    Johann Sadie
12.    Marcel Brache’
11.    JJ Engelbrecht
10.    Lionel Cronje
9.      Dewaldt Duvenage
8.      Nick Koster
7.      Tertius Daniller
6.      Nick Fenton-Wells
5.      De Kock Steenkamp
4.      Hilton Lobberts
3.      Brok Harris
2.      Tiaan Liebenberg (C)
1.      JD Moller

Replacements:
16.    Deon Fourie
17.    Frans Malherbe
18.    Nizaam Carr
19.    Siya Kolisi
20.    Louis Schreuder
21.    Berton Klaasen
22.    Heinrich Steyl

Referee: Stuart Berry
KICK-OFF: 17h05

One Response to Currie Cup: Injury-ridden WP announce team to face Cheetahs at Newlands

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    Are the injuries a result of players not being ready from a physical development, or are they simply just not fit enough to take the bumps and bruises of a very physical Currie Cup?

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