The Sharks have named their Currie Cup Premier Division team to take on the Toyota Free State Cheetahs in Bloemfontein on Friday evening 23 August 2013.

Quotes from Backline Coach, Sean Everitt:

“It’s been a tense 160 minutes of rugby so we were very happy with the win and getting our campaign on track. We’ve been together for three weeks and new things were put in place and it takes a while for things to become a habit so that the players can do things on the field sub-consciously.

“The Cheetahs will be disappointed after their loss on the weekend; they know that they are better than that, so it will be a big challenge for us to try contain them. I believe that we have the team to win this competition, we do have a lot of work to do in certain areas of the game and if we can get it right this weekend, we can come away with a win, even though it is in Bloemfontein.”

Sharks: 15 SP Marais, 14 Sizo Maseko, 13 Louis Ludik, 12 Heimar Williams, 11 Lwazi Mvovo, 10 Fred Zeilinga, 9 Charl McLeod, 8 Jacques Botes (Captain), 7 Jean Deysel, 6 Keegan Daniel, 5 Marco Wentzel, 4 Edwin Hewitt, 3 Wiehahn Herbst, 2 Kyle Cooper, 1 Dale Chadwick

Replacements: 16 Craig Burden, 17 Rayno Gerber, 18 Peet Marais, 19 Tera Mtembu, 20 Cobus Reinach, 21 Butch James, 22 Jaco van Tonder.