No Lood in Cheetahs team
The Springbock lock sustain an injury during the Test series against Ireland and has not recover. Coach Franco Smith has named Carl Wegner in place of the injured De Jager.
While Retshegofaditswe Nche will be replacing Charles Marais at loosehead prop.
Joseph Dweba will be making his Super Rugby debut for the Free State side while Johan Coetzee, Reniel Hugo, Henco Venter, George Whitehead and William Small-Smith all return to the bench after injuries.
Saturday’s match will be a special occasion for Raymond Rhule when he runs on to the field for his 50th Super Rugby match in the Cheetahs' jersey.
Cheetahs: 15 Clayton Blommetjies, 14 Sergeal Petersen, 13 Francois Venter, (captain),12 Michael van der Spuy, 11 Raymond Rhule, 10 Fred Zeilinga, 9 Tian Meyer, 8 Uzair Cassiem, 7 Oupa Mohoje, 6 Paul Schoeman, 5 Francois Uys, 4 Carl Wegner, 3 Maks van Dyk, 2 Torsten van Jaarsveld, 1 Retshegofaditswe Nche.
Replacements: 16 Joseph Dweba, 17 Luan de Bruin, 18 Johan Coetzee, 19 Reniel Hugo, 20 Henco Venter, 21 Shaun Venter, 22 George Whitehead, 23 William Small-Smith.
Date: Saturday, July 2
Venue: Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein
Kick-off: 15.00 (13.00 GMT; 21.00 AWST)
Referee: Kubo Shuhei (Japan)
Assistant referees: AJ Jacobs (South Africa), Lourens van der Merwe (South Africa)
TMO: Willie Vos (South Africa)
