Prinsloo starts against the Bulls

 

Prinsloo, who has made a big impact coming off the bench in the Cheetahs' two games against the Sharks and Blues thus far, gets his shot due to an injury to No.8 Willie Britz.

 

Coach Naka Drotske has moved Jean Cook into the vancant No.8 position and put Prinsloo onto the side of the scrum.

 

The only other change comes on the bench where former Sharks and Southern Kings lock Steven Sykes enters the matchday-23.

 

Cheetahs: 15 Willie le Roux, 14 Cornal Hendricks, 13 Francois Venter, 12 Michael van der Spuy, 11 Raymond Rhule, 10 Joe Petersen, 9 Sarel Pretorius, 8 Jean Cook, 7 Teboho Mohoje, 6 Johannes Prinsloo, 5 Francois Uys (captain), 4 Carl Wegner, 3 Coenie Oosthuizen, 2 Torsten van Jaarsveld, 1 Danie Mienie.

Replacements: 16 Stephan Coetzee, 17 BG Uys, 18 Nicolaas van Dyk, 19 Tienie Burger, 20 Steven Sykes, 21 Tian Meyer, 22 Willie du Plessis, 23 Johann Sadie.

 

Date: Saturday, March 7

Venue: Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein

Kick-off: 17.05 (15.05 GMT)

Referee: Stuart Berry

Assistant referees: Jaco van Heerden, Lourens van der Merwe

TMO: Johan Greeff