Hilton Lobberts
Springbok lock Hilton Lobberts makes a welcome return for the ORC Griquas to face the Vodacom Blue Bulls at Loftus on Friday.
The Blue Bulls are high on confidence after a convincing 57 / 19 win over the Toyota Free State Cheetahs last weekend.
Griquas have made a few changes to bolster the team for this week’s clash with the Blue Bulls. The most notable change is the return of Hilton Lobberts at blindside flank in place of Nardus van der Walt.
Stephan Kotze replaces Ewald van der Westhuizen at tighthead, while the latter takes his place on the bench.
Jonathan Adendorf has recovered from injury to replace Stephan Greeff in the 2nd row.
Jonathan Francke is another who returns from injury. He replaces Bok Sevens player Ruhan Nel at centre, with the later moving to right wing in place of Ederies Arendse.
Clinton Swart replaces Ngcobo Sandile on the bench.
ORC Griquas: 15 Gouws Prinsloo, 14 Ruhan Nel, 13 Jonathan Francke, 12 Michael Van Der Spuy, 11 Ntabeni Dukisa, 10 Riaan Viljoen, 9 Tian Meyer(Captain), 8 Carel Greeff, 7 Hilton Lobberts, 6 RJ Liebenberg, 5 Hugo Kloppers, 4 Jonathan Adendorf, 3 Stephan Kotze, 2 Abraham Le Roux, 1 Danie Mienie
Replacements: 16 Martin Bezuidenhout, 17 Ewald Van Der Westhuizen, 18 Jaco Nepgen, 19 Leon Karemaker, 20 Rudi Van Rooyen, 21 Clinton Swart, 22 Jacquin Jansen.
Date: Friday 14 August
Venue: Loftus Versveld, Pretoria
Kick-Off: 19:10 SA Time (17:10 GMT)
Referee: Quinton Immelman
Assistant Referees: Sindile Ngcese, Archie Sehlako
TMO: TBA
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