Uys to lead Cheetahs in Crunch match
The former Golden Lions player will take over the captaincy from centre Francois Venter – he led the team in their defeat against the Lions last week.
Uys's return means that Reniel Hugo will move to No.4 and Freddy Ngoza moves on to the bench.
The Cheetahs are placed fourth on the Currie Cup log and will be looking to end the Pumas challenge for a semifinal spot.
Ryno Benjamin will replace Tertius Kruger at centre, while Ruan van Rensburg drops down to the bench.
Raymond Rhule will replace last weeks late replacement Maphutha Dolo at left wing.
Zee Mkabela drops out of the squad and Shaun Venter will replace him at scrumhalf, with Neil Marais taking his place on the bench.
De Wet Kruger replaces Neill Jordaan at No.8.
Adriaan van der Berg Coertzen will replace flyhalf Fred Zeilinga on the bench.
Free State Cheetahs: 15 Clayton Blommetjies, 14 Sergeal Petersen, 13 Francois Venter, 12 Ryno Benjamin, 11 Raymond Rhule, 10 Sias Ebersohn, 9 Shaun Venter, 8 De Wet Kruger, 7 Teboho Mohoje, 6 Gerhard Olivier, 5 Francois Uys (captain), 4 Reniel Hugo, 3 Luan De Bruin, 2 Neil Rautenbach, 1 Teunis Nieuwoudt .
Replacements: 16 Chase Morison, 17 Burrie Gildenhuys Uys, 18 Willem Serfontein, 19 Freddy Ngoza, 20 Ruan Van Rensburg, 21 Niel Marais, 22 Adriaan van der Berg Coertzen.
Date: Friday, October 2
Venue: Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit
Kick-off: 13.15 (11.15 GMT)
Referee: Jaco van Heerden
Assistant referees: Jaco Pretorius, Pieter Maritz
TMO: Willie Vos
