Western Province suffered a minor hiccup ahead of their clash with the Lions tonight as Nick Koster has been withdrawn from the squad as a result of a torn bicep injury. He will be replaced by Nick Fenton-Wells in the starting line-up, with a shuffle to the loose trio.
Pieter Louw shifts to no. 8 and Fenton-Wells plauning in the 6 jersey. Nizaam Carr has been called up from the U21 ranks to cover from the bench.
The injury to Koster is not expected to keep him out of the game for too long, with the doctor expecting him to be fit to start training again in Tuesday.
The revised Western Province line-up:
Western Province – revised: 15 Conrad Jantjes, 14 Danie Poolman, 13 Johann Sadie, 12 Tim Whitehead, 11 JJ Engelbrecht, 10 Demetri Catrakilis, 9 Dewaldt Duvenage, 8 Pieter Louw, 7 Siya Kolisi, 6 Nick Fenton-Wells, 5 De Kock Steenkamp, 4 Hilton Lobberts, 3 Brok Harris, 2 Deon Fourie (captain), 1 Steven Kitshoff.
Replacements: 16 Tiaan Liebenberg, 17 Frans Malherbe, 18 Quinn Roux, 19 Nizaam Carr, 20 Nic Groom, 21 Juan De Jongh, 22 Gio Aplon
Oh this really sucks. Just about half of my FL team is out injured.
Koster is soft…pass it on…
@Charlie (Comment 2) : The whole WP squad is.
That should be ‘FUTURE BOK CAPTAIN’ Nick Koster to you!!
@wpw (Comment 4) : Didn’t you mean Marcell Coetzee?
@wpw (Comment 4) : koster is all hype, had a 2 page spread in the argus while still at Bishops…typical WP media
@Ben (Comment 3) :
@Ben (Comment 5) :
@Megatron (Comment 6) :
@Ben (Comment 5) :
Wie?? Bakore??
@Megatron (Comment 6) :
You take that back right now!!
@wpw (Comment 11) : he was called “The Read Deal”
@Megatron (Comment 12) : On paper…
@Charlie (Comment 13) : naturally
Koster is overrated WP beter of without him
@wpw (Comment 10) : Sorry Wes I typed in Future Bok captain Nick Koster on google and google said. “Did you mean future Bok captain Marcell Coetzee.”
Catrakilis vs jantjes should be interesting.
See weepee again starting with deon fourie and liebenberg on the bench.
Let’s se how nizaam carr goes.looked very impressive during varsity cup.
@Ben (Comment 16) :
hehehehe!