DHL Western Province named to face the Lions

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Marcel Brache flying over for his try against GWK Griquas at DHL Newlands. Photo by Bertram Malgas /Rugby15.

DHL Western Province head coach Allister Coetzee has named his team for Saturday’s Absa Currie Cup clash against the MTN Golden Lions at DHL Newlands (14h00).

Notable selections include:

Damian de Allende moves up from the bench and starts in jersey 11, in for the injured Gio Aplon, with Pat Howard on the bench as cover in jersey 22. Tyrone Holmes starts at 7 after serving a 1 week suspension last week. As a result, Don Armand returns to 4 lock, with Wilhelm van der Sluys dropping to the bench in jersey 18 and JJ Gagiano falling out of the match 22, after debuting for DHL WP last week.

Coetzee has stuck with the same U21 front row combination of Malherbe, Ntubeni and Kitshoff, that started against Griquas last weekend and has again opted for 2 props on the bench in Carstens and Harris.

Berton Klaasen provides cover on the bench, in for the injured Gary van Aswegen.

The DHL Western Province team to take on the MTN Golden Lions is as follows:

15. Joe Pietersen
14. Gerhard van den Heever
13. JP du Plessis
12. Marcel Brache
11. Damian de Allende
10. Demetri Catrakilis
9. Louis Schreuder
8. Jebb Sinclair
7. Tyrone Holmes
6. Deon Fourie (captain)
5. De Kock Steenkamp
4. Don Armand
3. Frans Malherbe
2. Scarra Ntubeni
1. Steven Kitshoff