THURSDAY, 1.00PM:
NORTHERN Transvaal rugby selectors have made three changes to the team to face Mpumalanga Pumas in a Bankfin Currie Cup match in Witbank on Saturday. Thys Potgieter replaces fullback Kosie Alberts and Archer Dames takes Potgieter’s place on the wing. Piet Boer comes in for injured Springbok Marius Hurter. A replcement for Jannie Brooks, who strained a hamstring, will be named soon.
NORTHERN TRANSVAAL: Thys Potgieter, Archer Dames, Grant Esthuizen, Johan Schutte, Casper Steyn, Roland de Marigny, Joost van der Westhuizen, Adriaan Richter, Schutte Bekker, Nicky van der Walt, Wium Basson, Gerhard Laufs, Piet Boer,A N other, Lourens Campher. RESERVES: Greame Bouwer, Jannie Kruger, Conrad Breytenbach, Johan Otto, Piere Ribbens, Mathew Proudfoot.
Mpumalanga Pumas have droped both wings – Johan Visagie and Polla Nel. In positional changes, Riaan Potgieter moves from centre to wing and Gerhard Bouwer replaces Potgieter on the wing, while kallie Beneke will play on the other wing.
MPUMALANGA: Andries Fourie, Kallie Beneke, Gerhard Bouwer, Carlo Jonker, Riaan Potgieter, Eben von Gericke, Dan van Zyl, Piet Joubert, Elandre van den Berg, Francois Rossouw, Draadkar de Lange, Chaka Willemse, Dannie du Toit, Henry Kemp, Andre Botha. RESERVES: Arnie van Rooyen, Johan Visagie, Polla Nel, Hakie Swart, Ryno Vermaak, Ryno Combrinck.