Meyer to lead Cheetahs in Argentina
The Toyota Cheetahs will be captained by Tian Meyer when they take on the Jaguares at Velez Sarsfield in Buenos Aires, Argentina on Saturday (kick-off 21:40 SA time).
Coach Franco Smith has brought up Danie Mienie (prop), Elandré Huggett (hooker), Tom Botha (prop), Armandt Koster (lock), Henco Venter (flanker), Niel Marais (flyhalf) and Ruan van Rensburg (wing) into to the starting line-up.
As a matter of player rotation, Charles Marais, Johan Coetzee, Paul Schoeman and Fred Zeilinga moves out to the substitutes’ bench.
In another change, Michael van der Spuy will be joining the starting line-up, replacing Ryno Benjamin on outside centre. Benjamin moves to right wing.
The referee for the game is Paul Williams (New Zeeland). He will be assisted by Nick Briant (New Zeeland) and Pablo Deluca (Argentina). The TMO is Santiago Borsani from Argentina.
Cheetahs team: 15 Clayton Blommetjies, 14 Rayno Benjamin, 13 Michael van der Spuy, 12 Clinton Swart, 11 Ruan van Rensburg, 10 Niel Marais, 9 Tian Meyer (captain), 8 Niell Jordaan, 7 Oupa Mohoje, 6 Henco Venter, 5 Francois Uys, 4 Armandt Koster, 3 Tom Botha, 2 Elandre Huggett, 1 Danie Mienie
Replacements: 16 Joseph Dweba, 17 Charles Marais, 18 Johan Coetzee, 19 Carl Wegner, 20 Paul Schoeman, 21 William Small-Smith/Boom Prinsloo, 22 Shaun Venter, 23 Fred Zeilinga