The Sharks and the Lions are at home again this weekend against Ulster and Dragons respectively. While the Stormers and Bulls will look to end their European tour on a high against Cardiff and Benetton.
The Springbok-laden Sharks side was the only successful South African team last weekend in the United Rugby Championship . Despite that, all four South African teams are in the top six of the 16-team URC log.
Nche comes in for Ntuthuko Mchunu at loosehead prop, while Mbonambi swaps jerseys with Kerron van Vuuren and Siya Kolisi takes over from Dylan Richardson who drops out of the 23-man squad altogether. “We spoke quite a bit about composure and just having patience. It boils down to how we start the game, but in saying that, the boys did a great job in the last 20 minutes in taking the game to the opposition,” said Lions assistant Ricardo Loubscher about last week’s performance.Head coach Ivan van Rooyen has resisted the temptation to make many changes to his side, with only one among the backs and one among the forwards.
Du Plessis is joined in the front row by props Gerhard Steenekamp and Francois Klopper who replace Simphiwe Matanzima and Francois Klopper.