The Southern Kings will meet the sharks in their third local Super Rugby friendly on Friday evening at 7:00 pm at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium.
Darron Nell will be captaining the Kings side for the second time this season in the abscence of Luke Watson, with Wayne Stevens as Nell’s right hand man and vice captain.
The game will NOT be televised and MyPE will once again be live Blogcasting from the game – the blogcast is live now – click here.
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We also have a number of tickets to the game to give away – scroll down to the bottom to enter your name to qualify for the draw.
Kings and Sharks Teams for Friday 13 February 2012 are:
- Southern Kings: 1. Jaco Engels, 2. Hannes Franklin, 3. Clint Newland, 6. Boetie Brits, 4. Darron Nell (Captain), 5. David Bulbring, 7. Mpho Mbiyozo, 8. Jacques Engelbrecht, 9. Falie Oelschig, 10. Shane Gates, 11. Marcello Sampson, 12. Wayne Stevens. (Vice-Captain), 13. Dwayne Jenner, 14. Norman Nelson, 15. Tiger Mangweni, , Replacements: 16. Bobby Dyer, 17. Zane Killian, 18. Andre Schlechter, 19. Wayne van Heerden, 20. Reynier Bernardo, 21. Thembelani Bholi, 22. Siya Mangaliso, 23. Danie Faasen, 24. Earl Rose, 25. Matthew Tayler- Smith and 26. Kieran Goss.
- The Sharks: 1. Dale Chadwick, 2. Bismarck du Plessis (Captain), 3. Jannie du Plessis, 4. Steven Sykes, 5. Anton Bresler, 6. Marcell Coetzee, 7. Lubabalo Mtembu, 8. Ryan Kankowski, 9. Charl McLeod, 10. Patrick Lambie, 11. Lwazi Mvovo, 12. Tim Whitehead, 13. JP Pietersen, 14. Odwa Ndungane, 15. Riaan Viljoen. Replacements, 16. Craig Burden, 17. Julian Redelinghuys, 18. Wiehahn Herbst, 19. Pieter-Steph du Toit, 20. Ross Skeate, 21. Keegan Daniel, 22. Cobus Reinach, 23. Meyer Bosman and 24. Paul Jordaan.
Coach John Plumtree made a couple of late changes to the side after flank Jacques Botes was pulled out as a precautionary measure.
Botes has an infection on his leg and it was felt that a more prudent decision on his inclusion would be to rest him this week so he would be ready for next week’s Vodacom Super Rugby opener against the Bulls.
“With the injury to Jacques Botes, it gives me an opportunity to play Marcell Coetzee at six where I think he could have potential,” explained coach John Plumtree.
Keegan Daniels will start off the bench which gives Bismarck du Plessis a run with the Captain’s armband. Also on the bench is Luke Watson’s great mate, Ross Skeate.
Charl McLeod replaces the suspended for one week, Frederic Michalak, at scrumhalf which means that Cobus Reinach is elevated into the match 24 where he will play off the bench.
Michalak was found guilty for a late and dangerous tackle on Elton Jantjies in the Absa Currie Cup Final last year. Due to the fact that Michalak left for France immediately after the final, his hearing was delayed until the start of this season. The hearing took place last night (Tuesday evening) with the suspension valid for one week which makes him available to play as of 22 February.
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