Franco Smith sticks to his guns
The Cheetahs boss has stuck to his run-on side who trounced the Japanese outfit 92-17 in Bloemfontein to record the second biggest winning margin in Super Rugby history.
Luan de Bruin is the only change to the 23-man squad and replaces Johan Coetzee on the bench.
The team will face the Rebels on Friday, April 22, the Reds on Saturday, April 30 and the Waratahs on Saturday, May 7.
Cheetahs: 15 Clayton Blommetjies, 14 Sergeal Petersen, 13 Nico Lee, 12 Francois Venter (captain), 11 Raymond Rhule, 10 Neil Marais, 9 Shaun Venter, 8 Paul Schoeman, 7 Uzair Cassiem, 6 Hilton Lobberts, 5 Francois Uys, 4 Lodewyk de Jager, 3 Maks van Dyk, 2 Torsten van Jaarsveld, 1 Charles Marais.
Replacements: 16 Jacques du Toit, 17 Danie Mienie, 18 Luan de Bruin, 19 Carl Wegner, 20 Henco Venter, 21 Oupa Mohoje, 22 Tian Meyer, 23 Fred Zeilinga.
Date: Friday, April 22
Venue: AAMI Park, Melbourne
Kick-off: 19.45 (11.45 SA time, 09.45 GMT)
Referee: Glen Jackson (New Zealand)
Assistant referees: James Leckie (Australia), Angus Gardner (Australia)
TMO: George Ayoub (Australia)
