Jake White has announced his team to take on the Melbourne Rebels on their 1st game of their Antipodian tour.
Frans Steyn is selected at flyhalf, with Fred Zeilinga on the bench and Tim Swiel falling out of the match-day 23.
Sharks Media Release
“We want to bounce back. It doesn’t matter who it is, it’s not the Rebels we’re targeting. When we lost to the Bulls, we won the next game against the Waratahs. This week we need to make sure that regardless of who we’re playing, we need to be better than we were last week to get a result.
“We must remember that although we beat them comfortably last year in Durban, we’re playing them in Melbourne, they are a good team playing at home They’ve picked up some good wins this year, they beat the Brumbies in Melbourne.
“We want to get our tour off to a good start and take momentum through the tour and in order to do that we need to get a win in the first game.”
Cell C Sharks: 15 Lwazi Mvovo, 14 Odwa Ndungane, 13 Paul Jordaan, 12 Heimar Williams, 11 JP Pietersen, 10 Francois Steyn, 9 Charl McLeod, 8 Ryan Kankowski, 7 Jean Deysel, 6 Marcell Coetzee, 5 Stephan Lewies, 4 Willem Alberts, 3 Jannie du Plessis, 2 Bismarck du Plessis (Captain), 1 Tendai Mtawarira
Replacements: 16 Kyle Cooper, 17 Dale Chadwick, 18 Lourens Adriaanse, 19 Etienne Oosthuizen, 20 Keegan Daniel, 21 Cobus Reinach, 22 Fred Zeilinga, 23 SP Marais.
In the meantime, the Cell C Sharks XV Vodacom Cup side has also been named:
Cell C Sharks XV (Vodacom Cup): 15 Jaco van Tonder, 14 Jongi Nokwe, 13 Quentin Crocker, 12 Adriaan Esterhuizen, 11 Alcino Izaacs, 10 Jean Luc du Plessis, 9 Stefan Ungerer, 8 Johan Meyer, 7 Francois Kleinhans, 6 Khaya Majola, 5 Peet Marais, 4 Edwin Hewitt, 3 Wiehahn Herbst, 2 Monde Hadebe (Captain), 1 Sangoni Moxoli
Replacements: 16 Franco Marais, 17 Danie Mienie, 18 Nikolai Blignaugt, 19 Justin Downey, 20 Cameron Wright, 21 Sandile Kubeka, 22 Sean Robinson.