Six Boks in Sharks team
TEAM ANNOUNCEMENT: The Sharks have six Springboks in their starting XV for their opening Currie Cup clash of the season against the Blue Bulls in Durban on Saturday.
Their backline contains four of this Boks with Louis Schreuder and Robert du Preez forming the halfback combination. In the back three there are starts for Curwin Bosch (fullback) and Lwazi Mvovo (wing).
Those players are joined in the backline by Kobus van Wyk (wing) and midfielders Marius Louw and Jeremy Ward.
In the pack, the Sharks loose trio consists of Bok Daniel Du Preez at No.8 and Tyler Paul and Wian Vosloo are the two flanks.
Hyron Andrews and Gideon Koegelenberg are the locks for Saturday’s match, while the front row consists of John-Hubert Meyer, Chiliboy Ralepelle (captain) and Juan Schoeman.
Sharks: 15 Curwin Bosch, 14 Kobus van Wyk, 13 Jeremy Ward, 12 Marius Louw, 11 Lwazi Mvovo, 10 Robert du Preez, 9 Louis Schreuder, 8 Daniel du Preez, 7 Tyler Paul, 6 Wian Vosloo, 5 Hyron Andrews, 4 Gideon Koegelenberg, 3 John-Hubert Meyer, 2 Chiliboy Ralepelle (captain), 1 Juan Schoeman.
Replacements: 16 Kerron van Vuuren, 17 Khutha Mchunu, 18 Andrew Evans, 19 Tera Mtembu, 20 Cameron Wright, 21 Johan Deysel, 22 Aphelele Fassi.
Date: Saturday, August 25
Venue: Kings Park, Durban
Kick-off: 15.00 (13.00 GMT)
Referee: Marius van der Westhuizen
Assistant referees: Archie Sehlako, Vusi Msibi
TMO: Christie du Preez
We chatted to #OurSharks halfback, Louis Schreuder ahead of their opening @TheCurrieCup game against the Vodacom @BlueBullsRugby at home. The team looks forward to taking the momentum gained from last weekends game into this weekends clash.
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