Sharks director of rugby Neil Powell has opted to tweak his starting XV to face Munster in the Champions Cup at Kings Park on Saturday.
Siya Kolisi will still lead the team out, but is joined in the starting loose trio by fellow Springbok Sikhumbuzo Notshe, who trades places on the bench with No 8 Phepsi Buthelezi for the last-16 encounter in Durban.
In the second row, Bok enforcer Eben Etzebeth has been partnered with the experienced Gerbrandt Grobler, with youngster Emile van Heerden named among the replacements.Munster, currently fifth on the Vodacom United Rugby Championship log, won two of their four pool games in the Champions Cup, going down twice to Toulouse, but earned enough points to finish in sixth place on the Pool B log.“We weren’t good in our last game, but we’ve worked hard to rectify that,” said Kolisi in the lead up to this weekend’s game. “This is a play-off match, everything in the past no longer matters, but I think we will be much better, we don’t want a loss to define us.
Subs: 16 Kerron van Vuuren, 17 Ntuthuko Mchunu, 18 Carlu Sadie, 19 Emile van Heerden, 20 Phepsi Buthelezi, 21 Grant Williams, 22 Ben Tapuai, 23 Thaakir Abrahams.
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