The teams to compete in today’s LIV Cup have been named. A trio of Sharks Currie Cup squad members will enjoy some game time off the bench for Rovers, while a former Shark will run out in the colours of Saracens.
The visitors will be led out by former Lions man Ernst Joubert, playing at number 8, with Alistair Hargreaves joining another South African, England-capped Mouritz Botha, in the second row.
Rovers will field a settled-looking line-up of their own and have included Monde Hadebe, Danie Mienie and Justin Downey from the Sharks squad on their bench.
Saracens: 15. Ben Ransom,14. Michael Tagicakabau, 13. Tim Streather, 12. Duncan Taylor, 11. Jack Wilson, 10. Charlie Hodgson, 9. Ben Spencer, 8. Ernst Joubert (c), 7. Matt Hankin, 6. Jackson Wray, 5. Mouritz Botha, 4. Alistair Hargreaves, 3. Petrus du Plessis, 2. Jamie George, 1. Nick Auterac
Rovers: 15. Gavin Scott, 14. Sergio Torrens, 13. Nick Jackson, 12. Jean Botha, 11. Kyle Wilkinson, 10. Jors Dannhauser, 9. Anton Verster, 8. Juan Language, 7. Nikolai Blignaut, 6. Jason Kankowski, 5. Simba Bwanya, 4. Francois Robertse, 3. Sangoni Mxoli, 2. Chris Kemp, 1. Jarrett Crouch
Subs: 16. Monde Hadebe, 17. Danie Mienie, 18. Matthew Tweddle, 19. Justin Downey, 20. Janco Tiedt, 21. Alvin Brandt, 22. Enver Brandt
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Jason Kankowski? Family of Ryan?
@Pokkel (Comment 1) : I was about to ask the same thing
@Pokkel (Comment 1) : @The Hobbit (Comment 2) : his younger brother
Good to see Anton Verster back from his NMMU stint. Has he moved back to scrummy fulltime, because he was on the wing for NMMU.
@StevieS (Comment 4) : I think he’s still covering both
@Pokkel (Comment 1) : @The Hobbit (Comment 2) : @robdylan (Comment 3) : he’s a tiny flanker, but he’s hard as nails, seen him cut down some big men. I’ll never forget his tackle on Plank, I thought Plank was gone and he would bounce him straight out of the way, but was a great tackle by Jason.
Nice to see Matt Hankin in the Sarries side, part of an impressive England u20 loose trio at the JWC this year
Any chance of this being televised?
I’d be interested to see how Jors Dannhauser goes at No.10 He was playing right wing at the Club Champs.
Soo justin downey is not playing at all for the sharks poor him so it was a waste of time buying him
@Flippie (Comment 9) : yeah, cos it makes perfect sense to have a Currie Cup squad of exactly 22 players.
Dude, either you are a very clever troll, or so stupid that I’m astonished that you can use the internet at all. I’m leaning towards the former, in which case your days here are numbered.
Soo rob tell me what do you think will be the sharks team for this weekend just interested?
Just saw the team don’t worry rob just ignore the question not a bad team glad williams gets a start, I hope he plays just aswell as stokkies is playing for the lions
@Flippie (Comment 12) : Stokkies is injured, so it won’t matter how well he’s playing
No rob I know that stokkies is injured. But I meant saying that I hope williams plays a similair game than stokkies and grow to be a good centre
Is this game being played at rovers? And what time is it being played?
@RuckingFun (Comment 15) : no, it’s being played at LIV Village
@RuckingFun (Comment 15) : 15h00
Thanx was hoping I could make it, unfortunately not
@robdylan (Comment 16) : I can’t seem to find a score anywhere,do you have any info from the match played at LIV
@bobby 26 (Comment 19) : um, yeah.
Close your eyes.
Sarries won 79-0!
@robdylan (Comment 20) : sorry i asked,no wonder i can’t find a report,some big names in that Sarries side,i thought they would send out their second stringers for a little run,
@bobby 26 (Comment 21) : bit of a mismatch at the end of the day.