Rugby
Vermaak comes in for WP─── 12:55 Thu, 14 Apr 2022
Ali Vermaak will start at loosehead prop in the only change to the Western Province team to take on the Toyota Cheetahs at DHL Stadium on Friday.
The inclusion of the experienced Vermaak is the only change to the matchday squad for the Currie Cup encounter, which kicks off at 16h45 on Friday.
Western Province Head Coach Jerome Paarwater said that his team are looking forward to playing in front of the faithful at Stadium again.
"We have got some good continuity in our selection, so hopefully we will see some growth in those combinations.
"It is always great to be playing on our homeground and the team are determined to put on a good display for our fans," he said.
Western Province - 15 Tristan Leyds, 14 Sergeal Petersen, 13 Juan de Jongh, 12 Cornel Smit, 11 Angelo Davids, 10 Timothy Swiel, 9 Godlen Masimla, 8 Keke Morabe, 7 Marcel Theunissen, 6 Nama Xaba (captain), 5 Connor Evans, 4 Ben-Jason Dixon, 3 Sazi Sandi, 2 JJ Kotze, 1 Ali Vermaak.
Replacements - 16 Lukhanyo Vokozela, 17 Kwenzo Blose, 18 Lee-Marvin Mazibuko, 19 Simon Miller, 20 Jarrod Taylor, 21 Bobby Alexander, 22 Kade Wolhuter, 23 Mnombo Zwelendaba.
