Kyle Steyn to captain Griquas against Pumas

Editor

Kyle Steyn will captain the Griquas when they face the Pumas at Mbombela Stadium in Nelspruit on Friday in the opening round of Currie Cup action.

AJ Coertzen, Ederies Arendse and Godfrey Ramaboea make up the back three, with captain Kyle Steyn and Christopher Bosch forming the midfield pairing. George Whitehead starts at fly-half, while Christiaan Meyer slots in beside him at scrum-half.

Conway Pretorius is eighth man and Sias Koean and Wendal Wehr complete the loose trio. FP Pelser and Sintu Manjezi lock down in the second row as Nicolaas Oosthuizen, Khwezi Mkhafu and Devon Martinus combine in the front row.

Griquas: 15 AJ Coertzen, 14 Ederies Arendse, 13 Kyle Steyn (captain), 12 Christopher Bosch, 11, Godfrey Ramaboea, 10 George Whitehead, 9 Christiaan Meyer, 8 Conway Pretorius, 7 Sias Koen, 6 Wendal Wehr, 5 FP Pelser, 4 Sintu Manjezi, 3 Nicolaas Oosthuizen, 2 Khwezi Mkhafu, 1 Devon Martinus
Replacements: 16 AJ Le Roux, 17 Liam Hendricks, 18 Ruan Kramer, 19 Pieter Van Vuren, 20 Izak Burger, 21 Jonathan Janse van Rensburg, 22 Andre Swarts

Date: Friday, September 17
Venue: Mbombela Stadium, Nelspruit
Kick-off: 17:00 local (15:00 GMT)
Referee: Rasta Rasivhenge
Assistant referees: Ricus van der Hoven, Des van Wyk
TMO: Shaun Veldsman