SPRINGBOK loose-forward Corne Krige will take his place in the back-row when the Stormers take on Western province in a pre-season match at Bellville-Tech on Wednesday. Stormers coach Alan Solomons seems to have settled on a side with which to kick off the Cape side’s Super-12, with only hooker Johan van Wyk an uncertainty. The Stormers start their campaign on February 26 at Newlands against the New South Wales Waratahs.
Teams:
Stormers: Percy Montgomery; Breyton Paulse, Robbie Fleck, Brendan Venter, Pieter Rossouw; Braam van Straaten, Dan van Zyl; Tokkie Kasselman, Hendrik Gerber, Corne Krige (capt), Hottie Louw, Selborne Boome, Cobus Visagie, Johan van Wyk, Rob Kempson. Reserves: John Daniels, De Wet Barry, Wayne Julies, Robert Markram, Dave von Hoesslin, Janneman Brand, Gavin Pfister, Wayne Boardman, Morne van der Merwe/Toks van der Linde, Charl Marais, Chean Roux.
Western Province: Donovan van Vuuren; Nico de Beer, Werner Gey Van Pittius, Tinus Linee, Douglas Kleinbooi; Chris Rossouw, Cassie Carstens; Brandon Bekker, Mark Willard, Pietie Ferreira (capt), Thys Stoltz, Charl Holwill, Faan Rautenbach, Chris Norton, Eddie Andrews. Reserves: Yazeed Manual, Neil de Kock, Brett Barrett, Patrick Bell, Stuart Abbott, Roderique Manual, Adri Badenhorst, Jannie du Toit, Rian Mey, Deon Carstens.