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Cheetahs forced into late change

By Online Editors
Friday 19 Mar 2021

INJURY UPDATE: The Cheetahs have been forced into a late change ahead of their Preparation match against the Pumas in Nelspruit on Friday.

Marnus van der Merwe is out due to a hamstring injury.

He has been replaced in the starting XV by Wilmar Arnoldi.

Janus Venter comes onto the bench and will be making his debut for the Cheetahs if he gets game time.

Cheetahs - revised: 15 Rhyno Smith, 14 Malcolm Jaer, 13 Chris Smit, 12 Howard Mnisi, 11 Craig Barry, 10 Reinhardt Fortuin, 9 Ruan Pienaar (captain), 8 Jacques Potgieter, 7 Teboho Mohoje, 6 Chris Massyn, 5 Victor Sekekete, 4 Carl Wegner, 3 Aranos Coetzee, 2 Wilmar Arnoldi, 1 Cameron Dawson.

Replacements: 16 Janus Venter, 17 Schalk Ferreira, 18 Conraad van Vuuren, 19 Rynier Bernardo, 20 Aidon Davis, 21 Tian Meyer, 22 Frans Steyn, 23 Rosko Specman

Date: Friday, March 19

Venue: Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit

Kick-off: 16.30 (14.30 GMT)

Referee: Stuart Berry

Assistant referees: Cwengile Jadeweni & Paul Mente

TMO: Aimee Berrett-Theron

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