Waratahs Head Coach Michael Cheika has named an unchanged starting side for the match against the DHL Stormers, with Adam Ashley-Cooper and Tatafu Polota-Nau named to return from injury via the bench.
Ashley-Cooper has been sidelined for almost 2 months with a rare knee injury but has finally been deemed fit and will return to the substitutes bench.
Polota-Nau will be returning to the field after suffering a head knock at training weeks ago.
As we have become used to in 2015, coach Michael Cheika has named 2 Extra Players on the bench, for the bench to be finalized and reduced closer to game time.
Waratahs: 15 Israel Folau, 14 Taqele Naiyaravoro, 13 Matt Carraro, 12 Kurtley Beale, 11 Rob Horne, 10 Bernard Foley, 9 Nick Phipps, 8 Wycliff Palu, 7 Michael Hooper, 6 Jacques Potgieter, 5 Dave Dennis (Captain), 4 Will Skelton, 3 Sekope Kepu, 2 Tolu Latu, 1 Benn Robinson
Replacements – from: 16 Tatafu Polota-Nau, 17 Jeremy Tilse, 18 Paddy Ryan, 19 Mitchell Chapman, 20 Pat McCutcheon, 21 Stephen Hoiles, 22 Brendan McKibbin, 23 Adam Ashley-Cooper, 24 Jono Lance, 25 Peter Betham.
Date: Saturday 11 April
Venue: Allianz Stadium, Sydney
Kick-Off: 11:40 SA Time (19:40 AEST, 09:40 GMT)
Referee: Mike Fraser (New Zealand)
Assistant Referees: Angus Gardner, James Leckie (New Zealand)
TMO: Peter Marshall
Difficult game to judge as far as a possible result is concerned… I think the Waratahs have difinately not been what they were last year, but neither has the Stormers been playing well on tour either.
I guess the advantage goes to the home team…