Du Plessis at flyhalf for Durban
Elgar Watts and Boom Prinsloo will both miss the Absa Currie Cup action at Growthpoint Kings Park.
Kickoff in Durban is at 19h10.
Here is the Cheetahs squad of 22.
Team:
15 Clayton Blommetjies, 14 Rayno Benjamin, 13 Francois Venter (vc), 12 Joubert Engelbrecht, 11 Raymond Rhule, 10 Willie du Plessis, 9 Sarel Pretorius, 8 Jean Cook, 7 Neil Claasen, 6 Tienie Burger, 5 Francois Uys, 4 Carl Wegner, 3 Dolph Botha, 2 Torsten van Jaarsveld (c) and 1 Kevin Stevens.
Replacements:
16 AJ Le Roux, 17 George Marich, 18 Henco Venter, 19 Vincent Jobo, 20 Shaun Venter, 21 Pieter-Steyn De Wet and 22 JP du Plessis.
The Sharks are third in the standings.
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