Wounded Cheetahs to tackle Lions

Wounded Cheetahs to tackle Lions

23 Jan 2013

The Cheetahs will be without several first-choice players for their Super Rugby warm-up match against the Lions on Saturday.

Centre Johann Sadie, and locks Martin Muller and Andries Ferreira are all sidelined with injury. Flyhalf Johan Goosen, prop Coenie Oosthuizen, flank Heinrich Brussow and wing Willie le Roux are also missing from the match 22.

The Cheetahs have opted to rest skipper and hooker Adriaan Strauss, which will see inside centre Robert Ebersohn lead the side at Ellis Park.

Cheetahs – 15 Hennie Daniller, 14 Jannie Boshoff, 13 JP Nel, 12 Robert Ebersohn (c), 11 Raymond Rhule, 10 Francois Brummer, 9 Piet van Zyl, 8 Boom Prinsloo, 7 Tertius Daniller, 6 Marnus Schoeman, 5 Francois Uys, 4 Lodewyk de Jager, 3 Rossouw de Klerk, 2 Torsten van Jaarsveld, 1 Caylib Oosthuizen.
Subs: 16 Hercu Liebenberg, 17 Trevor Nyakane, 18 Ligtoring Landman, 19 Waltie Vermeulen, 20 Tewis de Bruyn, 21 Barry Geel, 22 Hansie Graaff.

 


16 Comments

  • 1.grant10: Reply to this comment
    23 Jan 2013, 10:18 am

    wl watch with interest

  • 2.Baylion: Reply to this comment
    23 Jan 2013, 10:28 am

    The Lions will only announce their team on Friday but Johan Ackermann is expected to make quite a few changes to give new and returning players a run. Amongst others, locks Hugo Kloppers and Gavin Anandale are expected to start with JJ Breet on the bench while Alwyn Hollenbach and Jaco Kriel may also return from injury.

    BTW, it seems the Lions will also announce a new sponsor on Friday.

  • 3.i_love_u_bakkiesbotha: Reply to this comment
    23 Jan 2013, 10:35 am

    this is gonna be a good match

  • 4.garth: Reply to this comment
    23 Jan 2013, 10:45 am

    All fit they have the best backline in SA.

  • 5.wp_boytjie: Reply to this comment
    23 Jan 2013, 12:30 pm

    @garth-4:

    LOL what you smoking.

  • 6.RL: Reply to this comment
    23 Jan 2013, 13:30 pm

    @Baylion-2: Lion brother _ a new stadium sponsor? Give us the roar on this.

  • 7.wnbb: Reply to this comment
    23 Jan 2013, 13:32 pm

    Sadie injured again?

  • 8.RL: Reply to this comment
    23 Jan 2013, 13:39 pm

    @wp_boytjie-5: look it does not take a genius to realise he is not takling about the Cheetahs – get real man.

  • 9.Baylion: Reply to this comment
    23 Jan 2013, 13:44 pm

    @RL-6: Either stadium or the Lions Challenge I’d think. Glasfit maybe? With the money Altmann Allers have been contributing some may be converted into a sponsorship

  • 10.hendrikp: Reply to this comment
    23 Jan 2013, 13:52 pm

    Hope they are looking at Waltie Vermeulen as a genuine starting option as middle-jumper.

  • 11.Bouts: Reply to this comment
    23 Jan 2013, 15:28 pm

    @hendrikp-10: Depends on Waltie. He decided to focus on his medical degree final year, and was terribly rusty when used in the CC. If he worked hard in the off-season he should be a candidate. He was a brilliant player before he focused mainly on his studies (which was a good decision, by the way.)

    Sorry. I meant Dr Vermeulen. Congrats to him for completing his degree. Now the internship could be a rough ride. Difficult hours.

  • 12.Bouts: Reply to this comment
    23 Jan 2013, 15:31 pm

    If I remember correctly Sadie was injured in the final game of the 7s tournament. Probably just want to give him a bit more time to recover.

  • 13.wnbb: Reply to this comment
    23 Jan 2013, 15:41 pm

    Sadie is a bit of a sick note.I think it’s going on to two years now that he has been constantly injured.

  • 14.lepel: Reply to this comment
    23 Jan 2013, 18:02 pm

    Goosen, Rhule, Le Roux, Ebersohn all in one back line could be quite a spectacle! I doubt they’ll be overly successful with the limited quality possession supplied by the forwards, but they’ve got some silky attacking skills on display in the backs!

    I think even a player like Boshoff could come into his own in such a back line.

  • 15.coma: Reply to this comment
    23 Jan 2013, 19:36 pm

    Is ek gerook of is daai knaap op die bench se naam: Ligtoring?

    Donderdag!!!

  • 16.Angostura: Reply to this comment
    24 Jan 2013, 07:33 am

    So what’s the news about Juan Smith?
    Will he, won’t he?

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