Chiefs change three for Stormers

Chiefs head coach Dave Rennie has named a powerful matchday squad to take on the Stormers in their Super Rugby quarter-final at Newlands on Saturday.

In all, there are three changes to last week’s run-on side which beat the Brumbies in Hamilton with co-captain Sam Cane taking over from Lachlan Boshier on the openside flank while Brodie Retallick and Stephen Donald replace Michael Allardice and Charlie Ngatai at lock and inside centre respectively.

In the forwards, Kane Hames, Nathan Harris and Nepo Laulala form a formidable front row, with the hard-working duo of Retallick and Mitchell Brown partnering in the second row.

Liam Messam, Cane and Michael Leitch form a highly experienced loose forward trio.

In the backs, experienced scrum-half Tawera Kerr-Barlow will start in jersey nine with co-captain Aaron Cruden to steer the ship at fly-half.

In the midfield centurion Donald teams up with Anton Lienert-Brown who starts at outside centre.

James Lowe, Solomon Alaimalo and Damian McKenzie complete an exciting back-line in jerseys 11, 14 and 15 respectively.

Chiefs: 15 Damian McKenzie, 14 Solomon Alaimalo, 13 Anton Lienert-Brown, 12 Stephen Donald, 11 James Lowe, 10 Aaron Cruden (cc), 9 Tawera Kerr-Barlow, 8 Michael Leitch, 7 Sam Cane (cc), 6 Liam Messam, 5 Mitchell Brown, 4 Brodie Retallick, 3 Nepo Laulala, 2 Nathan Harris, 1 Kane Hames
Replacements: 16 Liam Polwart, 17 Aidan Ross, 18 Atu Moli, 19 Dominic Bird, 20 Lachlan Boshier, 21 Finlay Christie, 22 Tim Nanai-Williams, 23 Shaun Stevenson

Date: Saturday, July 22
Venue: Newlands, Cape Town
Kick-Off: 17:00 local (15:00 GMT)
Referee: Jaco Peyper
Assistant Referees: Rasta Rasivhenge, Quinton Immelman
TMO: Johan Greeff