WEDNESDAY, 1.30PM:
WESTERN Province will be without Springbok wing James Small because of flu, but Percival Montgomery and Pieter Rossouw are in the team to face Mpumalanga Pumas in a Bankfin Currie Cup match at Newlands on Saturday.
Meanwhile, Chaka Willemse is back in the Mpumalanga Pumas team to travel to Cape Town for their match against the Province.
Russell Bennett has been named in the provisional Border team to play against Gauteng Falcons in Brakpan on Friday night, despite being injured. Bennett will undergo a fitness test late on Wednesday.
Injured fullback Corne Korff has been ruled out of the South Western District team to face Boland and the selectors had to make a lot of positional changes.
Meanwhile, Boland have retained the team that did duty against Natal Sharks in their last match.
WESTERN PROVENCE: Justin Swart, Pieter Rossouw, Percy Montgomery, Dick Muir (captain), Breyton Paulse, Louis Koen, Joggie Viljoen, Andrew Aitken, Bobby Skinstad, Corne Krige, Selborne Boome, Louis Blom, Kobus Visagie, Jan van Wyk, Toks van der Linde, RESERVES: Christian Stewart, Peet Arnold, Mark Cacthpole, Hottie Louw, Garry Pagel, Michael Kirsten.
MPUMALANGA PUMAS: Andries Fourie, Johan Visagie, Carlo Jonker, Riaan Potgieter, Polla Nel, Eben von Gericke, Dan van Zyl, Piet Joubert, Elandre van der Bergh, Francios Rossouw, Phillip de Lange, Chake Willemse (captain), Danie du Toit, Henry Kemp, Andre Botha. RESERVES: Arni van Rooyen, Gerhard Bouwer, Kallie Benadie, Ryno Vermaak, Hakkies Swart, Ryno Combrink.
BORDER: Russell Bennett, David Maidza, Nico Venter, Kaya Malotana, Greg Miller, John Bradbrook, Richard Bennett, Marcel vd Walt, Bennie Jacobs, Andre Fox, Paul Daniel, Streicher Botha, Delarey du Preez, Ruhan van Zyl (captain), Heinrich Kok, RESERVES: Dale Coetzer, Lyle Blakeway, Greg Hunter, Paul Saffy.
SOUTH WESTERN DISTRICTS: Barney Voorster, Paul Tleru, Conrad Stoltz, Fanie Heymans, Charles Nel, Braam van Straaten, Freddie Roberts, Anton Leonard, Johan Kapp, Jakques Wolfaardt, Botha Rossouw (captain), Thys Staltz, Jaco Espag, Tommie Webb, Sias Wagner. RESERVES: M du Toit, Jacques Benade, Louis van Straaten, Denzel Frans, Johan Human, Callie Benade.
BOLAND: Marius Goosen, Stefan Terblache, Rickus Lubbe, Elmo Wolfaardt, Jan Ackerman, Pieter O’Neil, Polla Roux, Russell Nelson, Harold Karele, Jannie Coetzee, Julian Barnard, Johnnie Trytsman, Neil du Toit, Dale Santon Pierre Marais, RESERVES: McNeil Hendricks, Anton Moolman, Martin Stander, Hannes de Kock Johan Swanepoel, Marius Mostert.
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