Vodacom WP captain Puke Watson is, as was expected, back to lead his side in the Absa Currie Cup match against the Lions at Newlands on Saturday.
WP head coach Allister Coetzee on Wednesday announced his team for the game that start at 17:05.
In two curtain raisers to the main match, the Vodacom WP u19 team take on their Lions counterparts at 13h10, and the u21´s do battle at 14h40.
Lock Anton van Zyl is back in the starting line-up after missing last Saturday’s victory over the Boland Cavaliers in Wellington. He takes over from All Black veteran Chris Jack and will be forming a second-row partnershiop with Adriaan Fondse, who made his return last weekend after a long lay-off due to injury.
Jack is on the substitutes’ bench. Watson is back in place of Pieter Louw, who played at No 8 after the former had to withdraw on Friday night because of a bout of the ‘flu. He also takes over the captaincy from Tiaan Liebenberg.
Liebenberg has been declared fit after missing Monday’s training session due to a few bumps and bruises he picked up against Boland. Ditto for prop Wicus Blaauw, who suffered a rib injury against Boland.
Scrumhalf Bolla Conradie loses his place on the bench to Conrad Hoffmann.
The Vodacom WP team is as follows:
15. Joe Pietersen
14. Tonderai Chavhanga
13. Juan De Jongh
12. Morgan Newman
11. Gio Aplon
10. Peter Grant
9. Dewaldt Duvenage
8. Puke Watson (C)
7. Duane Vermeulen
6. Francois Louw
5. Anton Van Zyl
4. Adriaan Fondse
3. Brok Harris
2. Tiaan Liebenberg
1. Wicus Blaauw
Reserves:
16. Deon Fourie
17. JD Moller
18. Chris Jack
19. Pieter Louw
20. Conrad Hoffmann
21. Frikkie Welsh
22. JJ Engelbrecht
KingPaul
LeeuTemmerJanne!!
@KingPaul – Grrrr, I missed a sitting ‘Jan’ !!!
@carol –
hehehe
To late!
How are you? My mother-in-law will be visiting the Cotswold this weekend. Going to a place called Sheepscombe to visit her son’s inlaws.
@KingPaul – well I suppose you should not really miss the first post if you wrote the article!! 🙂
I am planning my first piece for Rugby -Talk. Possibly best hairstyles in the Currie Cup or Tri Nations Facial Hair, (who is the fuzziest Kiwi)!!
@KingPaul – Hi There, she will find Sheepscombe to be quite quaint I think! We hare having a lovely spell here, hope she enjoys it!
@carol – Oh dear, there goes another promising website 🙁
Kom WP! Trap daai Welpies!
@Supa Die Bloubul –
Jis tjom, lus vir kak maak? 👿
@KingPaul –
“be visiting the Cotswold this weekend”
The place was named after Luke 😆
8@KingPaul –
Hoekom?
Ek is bekommerd oor hoe die weer gaan lyk, dit reen behoorlik hierso. Daai Lions se losvoorspelers is lekker groot en sterk, Duane en Puke sal hulle keerwerk moet ken!
I still think WP shouldve given JJ a start ahead of Chavanga or Aplon. Bothhave been in the system for long and havent really stood out.
@Supa Die Bloubul –
hehehe, moet wees!!
@Supa Die Bloubul –
That JJ should realy have started ahead of Aplon. But I think in two weeks time he will be starting with Aplon on the bench.
Nice to see the youngsters comming through.
13@KingPaul –
Dink regtig ek moet vir die WP skree. Dis moeilik met Puke wat kaptein is. As hy nie was nie, het ek defnitief vir WP geskree. Sal dalk maar net in stilte moet kyk tot Luke waai 😉
@JimT – I will leave the insightful female perspective rugby articles to Rugby Princess!!
14@KingPaul –
Agree. Aplon was not bad in his first season in CC, but since then he has never really been a stood out and struggled at s14 level. The more time JJ is given the better.
I bet Rassie is looking at this backline next year:
Duvenage
De Waal
Habana
JDV
Mossie
Sireli
Jantjies
Just been talking to Grant10 on Keo, that place is a bit quiet these days….
@Supa Die Bloubul – Miskien sommer jou nic verander na Supa die WP ondersteuner!!
@Ed_the_Lion –
Sover sal ek nooit gaan nie. Dis net teen die Leeus wat ek dit oorweeg. 😉
@Supa Die Bloubul – Hi Supa, like your wedding photos…The wonders of Facebook. Very beautiful bride you got for yourelf!! 😉
@carol –
Thanx Carol! I think so too! But she’s actually the lucky one… 😆
@Supa Die Bloubul – @15
Willem Alberts moet hom net goed en hard tackle….
@Ed_the_Lion – Ed, Eddy, Edwardo…..did you see my translation?
Did you have a ‘shine’ in your eye? Did I get that right? (with help from superBul)
@KingPaul –
Of Willem Stolz moet hom mo@r en dan uittree.
@Supa Die Bloubul – I do like a modest man!! 🙄
@Ed_the_Lion – 19
Supa die BergKabouter…
Ek weet van julle WP ouens het gese die Leeus sal julle nie wen nie ens, maar ek dink dit gaan n close een wees Saterdag, al is dit in die Kaap.
Ek dink Karavaanis terug.
@carol – I saw Carol. That was awesome. All credit goes to you….see, with age comes wisdom.
@KingPaul –
Hey Watchit KingBull! hehe
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