Late bench change for Shimlas
FNB Shimlas coach Jaco Swanepoel has made a late change to his bench ahead of this afternoon's Varsity Cup semifinal clash against the Ikey Tigers at Groote Schuur.
Jaco Colyn (pictured) - who can play scrumhalf and flyhalf - has been drafted into the No.21 jersey, with Johan van Schalkwyk dropping out of the Shimlas matchday 23 altogether.
The Ikeys have not made any late changes to their 23-man squad announced on Friday and neither have Stellenbosch or Pukke, who are playing in the other semifinal today.
The UCT-Shimlas semifinal takes place at 4.15pm at UCT's Green Mile, followed by the Maties-Pukke battle, at Stellenbosch's Danie Craven Stadium, at 6.30pm.
Revised semifinal line-ups:
(Changes in bold)
FNB UCT v FNB Shimlas, Groote Schuur
Kick-off: 4.15pm (Live on SuperSport One)
Referee: Ben Crouse
The teams:
UCT: 15 Therlow Pietersen, 14 Pete Haw, 13 Marcel Brache, 12 Sean van Tonder, 11 Marcello Sampson, 10 Matt Rosslee, 9 Stu Commins (vice-captain), 8 JJ Gagiano, 7 Mike Morris, 6 Nick Fenton-Wells (captain), 5 Donovan Armand, 4 Levi Odendaal, 3 Grant Kemp, 2 Mark Goosen, 1 Ash Wells.
Replacements: 16 Matt Page, 17 Chris Heiberg, 18 Mike Ledwidge, 19 Sam Peter, 20 Nic Groom, 21 Douglas Mallett, 22 Mark Esterhuizen, 23 Wesley Chetty.
Shimlas: 15 George Whitehead, 14 Jamba Ulengo, 13 Earl Snyman, 12 Wayne Stevens (captain), 11 Beast Ndwandwa, 10 Franna du Toit, 9 Gerrie Odendaal, 8 Boom Prinsloo, 7 Sybrand Mostert, 6 Gerrit Theron, 5 Wilken Heyns, 4 Joubert Horn, 3 Ian Potgieter, 2 Hans Grobler, 1 Charles Marais.
Replacements: 16 PW van Vuuren, 17 Vaatjie Koorsen, 18 Lebo Zietsman, 19 Erik le Roux, 20 Marlin Ruiters, 21 Jaco Colyn, 22 Divandré Strydom, 23 Johnny Harris.
FNB Maties v FNB Pukke, Danie Craven Stadium
Kick-off: 6.30pm (Live on SuperSport One)
Referee: Dilbert November
The teams:
Maties: 15 Adnaan Oesman, 14 Wilhelm Loock, 13 Danie Poolman, 12 Charl Weideman, 11 Tythan Adams, 10 André Kemp, 9 Johan Herbst, 8 Josh Strauss, 7 Jonathan Adendorf, 6 Sam Mabombo, 5 Hugo Kloppers, 4 Andrew Prior, 3 Lourens Adriaanse (captain), 2 Matthew Dobson, 1 Mike De Neuilly-Rice.
Replacements: 16 Gareth Light, 17 Johan Roets, 18 Marinus Pretorius, 19 Hannes van Wyk, 20 Johan Laker, 21 Hayden Groepes, 22 Jonathan Francke, 23 Andrew Crausaz.
Pukke: 15 Theuns Kotzé, 14 SP Marais, 13 Kempie Rautenbach, 12 Wouter Watermeyer, 11 Johannes Seerane, 10 Neill Jacobs, 9 Janis Terblanche, 8 PJ van Zyl, 7 Thabo Molete, 6 Siya Mdaka, 5 Markus Fourie, 4 Francois Robbertse, 3 Stephanus Bezuidenhout, 2 Stoffel Duvenage (captain), 1 BG Uys.
Replacements: 16 BW van Dyk, 17 Dewald Coetzee, 18 Edwin Hewitt, 19 Jaco Lötter, 20 Willem Barnard, 21 Ghafoer Luckan, 22 Dane Johnson, 23 Johan Coetzee.