Le Roux's last Cheetah outing

 

25-year-old Springbok fullback, Le Roux will depart Bloemfontein after three years and 56 Super Rugby games with the franchise. At the conclusion of his Springbok obligations after the World Cup he will head to Japan for three months, after which he will become a Shark.

 

Le Roux gets the nod ahead of Coenie van Wyk who drops down to the bench. The second backline change sees Clayton Blommetjies start at right wing with Sergeal Petersen shifting to the left wing, replacing Cornal Hendricks. 

 

In the forwards, Henco Venter will start at flank for Tienie Burger who drops out of the matchday squad. 

 

The Cheetahs will welcome the return of Teboho Mohoje to the bench after he was sidelined for three months with a groin injury. Renier Botha also comes onto the bench in replace of Shaun Venter.

 

This will be the 15th Super Rugby encounter between the Bulls and the Cheetahs, with the Bulls earning 13 wins to the one of the Cheetahs.

 

Cheetahs: 15 Willie le Roux, 14 Clayton Blommetjies, 13 Francois Venter, 12 Ryno Benjamin, 11 Sergeal Petersen, 10 Niel Marais, 9 Sarel Pretorius, 8 Niell Jordaan, 7 Henco Venter, 6 Johannes Prinsloo, 5 Francois Uys (captain), 4 Carl Wegner, 3 Nicolaas van Dyk, 2 Torsten van Jaarsveld, 1 Burrie Uys.

Replacements: 16 Elandré Huggett, 17 Danie Mienie, 18 Ewald van der Westhuizen, 19 Steven Sykes, 20 Gerhard Olivier, 21 Teboho Mohoje, 22 Renier Botha, 23 Coenie van Wyk.

 

Date: Saturday, June 13

Venue: Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria

Kick-off: 17.05 (15.05 GMT)

Referee: Craig Joubert

Assistant referees: Jason Jaftha, Ben Crouse

TMO: Willie Vos