VIDEO: Dobson moves Willemse to make room for Libbok
TEAM ANNOUNCEMENT: Stormers Director of Rugby John Dobson has revealed his team for Saturday’s United Rugby Championship Round Six clash against the Glasgow Warriors.
Hooker Andre-Hugo Venter will play his 50th match in Stellenbosch on Saturday.
The 23-year-old will be joined in the starting line-up by World Cup winners Manie Libbok and Frans Malherbe, who are both making their first appearance of the season for the Stormers.
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With Libbok at flyhalf, Damian Willemse will line up at inside centre, with skipper Dan du Plessis outside him and Ruhan Nel on the wing.
Venter will have the two most-capped Stormers of all time either side of him in the front row, with Malherbe and Brok Harris the starting props.
The only other change to the forward pack sees Ruben van Heerden back in the starting XV, having featured from the bench last week.
Prop Leon Lyons and loose forwards Willie Engelbrecht and Louw Nel come onto a replacements bench which has Herschel Jantjies and Suleiman Hartzenberg as backline cover.
Stormers: 15 Warrick Gelant, 14 Ruhan Nel, 13 Dan du Plessis (captain), 12 Damian Willemse, 11 Leolin Zas, 10 Manie Libbok, 9 Paul de Wet, 8 Keke Morabe, 7 Ben-Jason Dixon, 6 Marcel Theunissen, 5 Ruben van Heerden, 4 JD Schickerling, 3 Frans Malherbe, 2 Andre-Hugo Venter, 1 Brok Harris.
Replacements: 16 Joseph Dweba, 17 Leon Lyons, 18 Neethling Fouche, 19 Adre Smith, 20 Willie Engelbrecht, 21 Louw Nel, 22 Herschel Jantjies, 23 Suleiman Hartzenberg.
Date: Saturday, October 26
Venue: Danie Craven Stadium, Stellenbosch
Kick-off: 13.45 (12.45 UK time; 11.45 GMT)
Referee: Andrew Brace (Ireland)
Assistant referees: Marius van der Westhuizen (South Africa), Christopher Allison (South Africa)
TMO: Chris Busby (Ireland)
