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Engelbrecht fills in for Small-Smith

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Thursday 24 Mar 2016

Engelbrecht replaced the injured William Small-Smith at inside centre, which is the only change in the backline that featured in the 22-39 loss to the Lions last Saturday.

There are four changes in the pack with Retshegofaditswe Nche, Johan Coetzee, Francois Uys and Boom Prinsloo included in the starting line-up. 

Charles Marais, Nicolaas van Dyk, Carl Wegner and Henco Venter drop down to the bench. 

Paul Schoeman moves to No.8 with rinsloo starting at No.6. 

 

Cheetahs: 15 Clayton Blommetjies, 14 Sergeal Petersen, 13 Francois Venter (captain), 12 Joubert Engelbrecht, 11 Raymond Rhule, 10 Niel Marais, 9 Shaun Venter, 8 Paul Schoeman, 7 Uzair Cassiem, 6 Boom Prinsloo, 5 Francois Uys, 4 Lodewyk de Jager, 3 Johan Coetzee, 2 Torsten van Jaarsveld, 1 Retshegofaditswe Nche.

Replacements: 16 Jacques du Toit, 17 Charles Marais, 18 Nicolaas van Dyk, 19 Carl Wegner, 20 Hilton Lobberts, 21 Henco Venter, 22 Tian Meyer, 23 Fred Zeilinga.

Date: Saturday, March 26

Venue: Free Sate Stadium, Bloemfontein

Kick-off: 15.00 (00.00 AEDT, Sunday, March 27; 13.00 GMT)

Referee: Glen Jackson

Assistant referees: Rasta Rasivhenge, AJ Jacobs

TMO: Willie Vos

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