Cheetahs unchanged for qualifiers
Cheetahs coach Naka Drotske named an unchanged side for his team's Vodacom Super Rugby playoff match against the Brumbies in Canberra on Sunday morning. "We have done all the hard work and now we are in the knock out stages. It doesn't stop here," Drotske said.
The match will be the Cheetahs' first Super Rugby playoff match since the Free State side became a franchise in 2006.
The Cheetahs have never beaten the Brumbies, coached by former Springbok mentor Jake White in Canberra and will look to keep the momentum they gained from their victory over the Blues in Bloemfontein two weeks ago.
They enjoyed a bye last week and will be fully prepared for the challenge Down Under. Star playmakers winger Willie le Roux and captain Adriaan Strauss will be some of the go-to men for the Cheetahs on Sunday.
The Cheetahs have won their last three matches on Australian soil and have been on the winning side in four of their last six matches there since their first success against the Waratahs in 2011.
Cheetahs team:
Hennie Daniller, Willie le Roux, Johann Sadie, Robert Ebersohn, Raymond Rhule, Riaan Smit, Piet van Zyl, Philip van der Walt, Pieter Labuschagne, Heinrich Brüssow, Rynhardt Landman, Lodewyk de Jager, Lourens Adriaanse, Adriaan Strauss (captain), Coenie Oosthuizen.
Replacements:
Ryno Barnes, Trevor Nyakane, Waltie Vermeulen, Boom Prinsloo, Sarel Pretorius, Elgar Watts, Rayno Benjamin.
(File photo: Gallo Images)
-Sapa