Odwa Ndungane will be the old man amongst youngsters when he leads the Cell C Sharks XV out against Border in a friendly at Kokstad Rugby Club on Saturday afternoon.
Umadala Odwa is joined by another experienced man on the other wing, S’bura Sithole, with Rhyno Smith named at fullback. Marra Louw partners Johan Deysel in midfield, with a nippy halfback combination in Namibian scrummy Damian Stevens and Inny-Christian Radebe.
Up front, Juan Schoeman and Johnny Meyer will anchor the scrum, after both doing duty with the Super Rugby side against the Kings. Young hooker Kerron van Vuuren is in between them, while Hyron Andrews and Rikus Zwart will be the locks. Coach Paul Anthony has opted for a beefy back row, with both flanks Wian Vosloo and Jean Droste equally comfortable in the second row. The slightly more compact Graham Geldenhuys is at number 8.
The match kicks off at 15h30.
Sharks XV: 15 Rhyno Smith, 14 Odwa Ndungane (capt), 13 Johan Deysel, 12 Marius Louw, 11 S’bura Sithole, 10 Inny-Christian Radebe, 9 Damian Stevens, 8 Graham Geldenhuys, 7 Jean Droste, 6 Wian Volsoo, 5 Hyron Andrews, 4 Rikus Zwart, 3 John-Hubert Meyer, 2 Kerron van Vuuren, 1 Juan Schoeman.
Subs: 16 Sam Swanepoel, 17 Mzamo Majola, 18 Gerhard Engelbrecht, 19 Andrew Evans, 20 Michael Meyer, 21 Hanco Venter, 22 Sibusiso Nkosi
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Hopefully the start of big things for Geldenhuys
Should we read anything into Stevens starting ahead of Venter?
Nice team but please tell me the Supersport competition that replaced Vodacom cup/CC qualification series will not continue with the idiotic 22 man squads!!!
So has Ben10 been banished to Siberia?
@Culling Song (Comment 4) : he’s gone back to the SA Under 20 squad
@robdylan (Comment 5) : OK glad to hear.
@robdylan (Comment 5) : Was he really that poor 😈
@vanmartin (Comment 2) : Pity he is foreigner. The De Wet scrummie playing for Maties looks really good and Hawies rates him highly. The queue in front of him looks very very long in CPT and I am sure he will pop up in CC as he is just far to good to play just VC
@FireTheLooser (Comment 7) : think if he’s not playing Super rugby he must be at under 20’s.
If this game had been played around the corner in Matatiele instead, would it be a home game for The Sharks or for The Bulldogs.
interesting squad, high lights are depth and lack of depth in certain positions. thanks for posting Jon
@revolverocelot (Comment 11) : who’s Jon?
@robdylan (Comment 12) : apparently the person you stole the story from! 😈
@robdylan (Comment 12) : Jon Snow,a poofy looking guy in a sword and sandals T.V series, with dwarves and dragons and nipples.
I suppose only the Hound could call Jon Snow a poof
@The hound (Comment 14) : hahaha ja Hound like @Salmonoid the Subtle (Comment 15) : said only Hound can call JS a poof! 😆
Absolutely loved the first two seasons and then I missed a couple of seasons and the whole continuity of the story. Is however on my to do list to start watching it again from season 1!
@The hound (Comment 14) : @JD (Comment 16) : Other than all the dwarves, boobs, blood etc there were a few guys that the Sharks could get to play lock for them.
@Salmonoid the Subtle (Comment 17) : The first Mountain played lock for Scotland,and the current one,was the world strongest man champion.
@The hound (Comment 18) : the first one played lock for Scotland? Really? I didn’t know that
@The hound (Comment 18) : no, I don’t think that’s right. The first two “Mountains” were Conan Stevens (2.13m) and Ian Whyte (2.16m) but both played basketball, not rugby. Also, neither is Scottish.
@The hound (Comment 18) : you work for CNN by any chance?
@robdylan (Comment 21) : No Breitbart,
ApologiesI thought I remembered a Scottish lock in their somewhere was it Rory McCann then?
@The hound (Comment 22) : McCann is the guy who plays the Hound. In fact, that’s who’s in your profile pic. There’ another Rory McCann who appears to play a bit of rugby in Edinburgh but is better knows as a cricketer? Not the same person though
@The hound (Comment 22) : @robdylan (Comment 23) : wow that really blows my mind The Hound and Lurch in Hot Fuzz is the same person!!! YARP!!!
@robdylan (Comment 12) : lol the king of the north. sorry miss typed, I’m at home today with a cold, so I’ll blame it on the meds
@revolverocelot (Comment 25) : well for us in a way Rob is the king of the north. 😆