Last hurrah for Ox

SQUAD ANNOUNCEMENT: Prop Retshegofaditswe Nché will have one last outing for the Cheetahs, before joining the Sharks.

The Cheetahs will be leaving for Ireland next Tuesday and Wednesday, for their first three-week tour of the 2019/20 Pro14 championships.

Erich de Jager will be replacing Nché on tour after the match against Connacht, when the prop returns to South Africa to join the Sharks on November 1.

The team will be facing Connacht in Galway next Saturday, October 26.

They then travel to Wales the next week to take on Scarlets in Llanelli (Saturday, November 2) and face Cardiff Blues on Saturday, November 9 at Cardiff Arms Park - before returning home the next day.

Cheetahs squad: Wilmar Arnoldi, Clayton Blommetjies, Aranos Coetzee, Luan de Bruin, Erich de Jager, JP du Preez, Joseph Dweba, Louis Fouche, Benhard Janse van Vuuren, Sias Koen, Sintu Manjezi, Tian Meyer, Retshegofaditswe Nché, Gerhard Olivier, Ruan Pienaar, Junior Pokomela, Tian Schoeman, William Small-Smith, Rhyno Smith, Walt Steenkamp, Dries Swanepoel, Boan Venter, Reinach Venter, Anthony Volmink, George Whitehead and Jasper Wiese.