Sharks make 3 changes

JP Pietersen and Frans Steyn are back from stints in Japan  and go straight into the starting line-up for a new centre pairing.

In the process Waylon Murray drops out of the match 23 completel,y while Andre Esterhuizen moves to the bench.

Meanwhile, Willem Alberts has been given the all-clear to play after spending time rehabbing an injury and will start ahead of Renaldo Bothma who drops to the bench.

The match at Newlands will start at 19h10 on Saturday night.

Here's the full Cell C Sharks squad for the game:

15. SP Marais 
14. Odwa Ndungane
13. JP Pietersen
12. Francois Steyn
11. Lwazi Mvovo
10. Patrick Lambie
9. Cobus Reinach
8. Ryan Kankowski 
7. Willem Alberts
6. Marcell Coetzee
5. Pieter-Steph du Toit
4. Lubabalo Mtyanda
3. Matt Stevens
2. Bismarck du Plessis (Captain) 
1. Thomas du Toit

Replacements

16. Kyle Cooper
17. Dale Chadwick 
18. Lourens Adriaanse 
19. Marco Wentzel 
20. Renaldo Bothma
21. Conrad Hoffmann
22. Andre Esterhuizen
23. Jack Wilson

Jaco Peyper will referee the game.

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