Cheetahs change five for Sunwolves
Loosehead prop Charles Marais replaces Retshegofaditswe Nche in the starting XV, while Nicolaas van Dyk and Johan Coetzee switch places with Van Dyk starting at tighthead and Coetzee dropping to the bench.
Hilton Lobberts replaces the injured Johannes Prinsloo on the openside, while captain Francois Venter and Nico Lee swap around as Venter moves to inside centre and Lee takes charge on the outside.
Teboho Mohoje will be making is comeback after an injury, replacing Henco Venter on the bench.
Cheetahs: 15 Clayton Blommetjies, 14 Sergeal Petersen, 13 Nico Lee, 12 Francois Venter (captain), 11 Raymond Rhule, 10 Neil Marais, 9 Shaun Venter, 8 Paul Schoeman, 7 Uzair Cassiem, 6 Hilton Lobberts, 5 Francois Uys, 4 Lodewyk de Jager, 3 Nicolaas van Dyk, 2 Torsten van Jaarsveld, 1 Charles Marais.
Replacements: 16 Jacques du Toit, 17 Danie Mienie, 18 Johan Coetzee, 19 Carl Wegner, 20 Henco Venter, 21 Teboho Mohoje, 22 Tian Meyer, 23 Fred Zeilinga.
Date: Friday, April 15
Venue: Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein
Kick-off: 19.00 (15.00 GMT; 02.00, Saturday, April 16 Japan time)
Referee: Nic Berry
Assistant referees: Angus Gardner, Lourens van der Merwe
TMO: Marius Jonker