Cell C Sharks vs the Lions

THE Cell C Sharks head for Johannesburg and enter the Emirates Lions’ den.

“Bloem is a tough place to play at and we were happy to come away with a victory,”said head coach, Robert du Preez.

“There were a few areas we let ourselves down in last week and we needed to work on for this match. I cannot fault the focus and energy that our players once again brought to training this week, which pleases us as a coaching unit.

“We are under no illusions about the enormity of the match on Saturday. The Lions are a good team with threats all around the park. They play a similar game to the Cheetahs and our accuracy with our attacking and defensive effort is going to be key. There is huge belief amongst our special group of players and we want to go out there on Saturday and make our fans proud.”
VODACOM SUPER RUGBY
Emirates Lions vs. Cell C Sharks

Garth April
Kobus van Wyk
Lukhanyo Am
Andre Esterhuizen
Lwazi Mvovo (v/c)
Curwin Bosch
Cobus Reinach *
Daniel du Preez
Jean-Luc du Preez
Tera Mtembu (c)
Ruan Botha
Etienne Oosthuizen
Coenie Oosthuizen
Chiliboy Ralepelle
Thomas du ToitReplacements
Franco Marais
Juan Schoeman
Lourens Adriaanse
Stephan Lewies
Jacques Vermeulen
Michael Claassens
Inny Radebe
Jeremy Ward

Tendai “Beast” Mtawarira was not considered for selection this week due to the death of his grandmother.

Interesting Facts

• The Cell C Sharks are one of just four teams (Highlanders, Stormers, Sunwolves) who are yet to lose a scrum on their own feed this campaign;
• If he comes off the bench Inny Radebe will be making his Vodacom Super Rugby
  debut for the Cell C Sharks;
• The average age of the Cell C Sharks starting backline is 24 years;
• The combined weight of our starting loose-trio is 329 kilograms.

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