The Sharks are going into a game with may questions to which I am sure they will find some answers after the following to matches being played at Newlands in Cape Town.

The sharks team to face the Western Force in Tuesday night’s warm up match at Newlands stadium has been announced, this match being part of the ” Neo Africa” series sees the full 28 man contingent playing a part in the match for the Sharks.

 
The strong starting 15 is complimented by a 13 man bench to provide the entire squad with playing opportunity of playing, this will give John Plumtree the opportunity of game time in the middle in a game situation under match conditions.

 
The team selected has a lot of experience from jersey 1 to 15 with the bench offering even more , and will give John Plumtree even more insight as to condition and form of players that the training ground does not offer.

 
No doubt the Western Force team will be boosted by more senior players after being soundly beaten by the Stormers last Friday evening, the Stormers having built up a sizable 41-0 lead by half time, after the introduction of around 7 senior players the Force were a far better unit in the 2nd half.

 
Tuesday night’s match however should not be as lopsided as John Mitchell’s side for the encounter should be vastly different from that of last Friday night’s match against the Stormers, which could see around 7 or 8 changes in the starting line-up.

The Sharks team is as follows:

15 Stefan Terblanche (capt)
14 Luzuko Vulindlu
13 Waylon Murray
12 Riaan Swannepoel
11 Lwazi Mvovo
10 Monty DuMond
09 Rory Cockott
08 Ryan Kankowski
07 Jean Deysel
06 Keegan Daniel
05 Steven Sykes
04 Alistair Hargreaves
03 Jannie Du Plessis
02 Craig Burden
01 Tendai Mtawarira

Reserves:
16 Bismark Du Plessis
17 John Smit
18 Johan Muller
19 Jaques Botes
20 charl Mcleod
21 Andries Strauss
22 Odwa Ndugane
23 Patric Cilliers
24 Willem Alberts
25 Gerhard Mostert
26 Patric Lambie
27 Adrian Jacobs
28 JP Pietersen