Strauss leads Cheetahs
25 Jan 2012
Adriaan Strauss will captain a strong-looking Cheetahs side when the Bloemfontein outfit plays the Eastern Province Kings this Saturday.
The squad is still without Juan Smith, Coenie Oosthuizen and WP Nel due to injuries, but will field some of their stars. Heinrich Brussow will start in the back row alongside Ashley Johnson and Davon Raubenheimer.
Coach Naka Drotske has also opted to start young flyhalf Johan Goosen ahead of Sias Ebersohn.
Cheetahs – 15 Hennie Daniller, 14 Dusty Noble, 13 Robert Ebersohn, 12 Andries Strauss, 11 Rocco Jansen, 10 Johan Goosen, 9 Piet van Zyl, 8 Ashley Johnson, 7 Davon Raubenheimer, 6 Heinrich Brüssow, 5 Izak van der Westhuizen, 4 Francois Uys, 3 Trevor Nyakane, 2 Adriaan Strauss (c), 1 Marcel van der Merwe.
Subs: 16 Ryno Barnes, 17 Lourens Adriaanse, 18 Andries Ferreira, 19 Philip van der Walt, 20 Marnus Hugo, 21 Sias Ebersohn, 22 Willie le Roux.



4 Comments
25 Jan 2012, 08:20 am
As this team stands it would be the smallest and shortest pack in the S15 by a country mile!
25 Jan 2012, 08:21 am
always rated this bloemfontein dragon…think he might push chilli for that second hooker spot, as long as he stays relatively injury free
25 Jan 2012, 08:29 am
@bryce_in_oz-1: excuse the pun
25 Jan 2012, 19:57 pm
very ordinary looking team!
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