Sharks announce Super Rugby squad
All the familiar names are there, a squad filled with depth in every position available to the leadership group of Bismarck du Plessis, Pat Lambie, Tera Mtembu and Francois Steyn.
Frans Steyn, Ryan Kankowski and JP Pietersen are not yet with the squad as they are currently still completing their Japanese club commitments, as is new-signing Michael Claassens who is still with Toulon, but Jean Deysel reported for training on Monday morning while Willem Alberts, Paul Jordaan, Tonderai Chavhanga, JC Astle and Stephan Lewies are still part of the rehabilitation group and not yet ready to be considered for selection.
The squad (listed in alphabetical order) is as follows:
1. Adriaanse, Lourens
2. Botha, Mouritz
3. Bothma, Renaldo
4. Chadwick, Dale
5. Claassens, Michael
6. Coetzee, Marcell
7. Cooper, Kyle
8. Cronje, Lionel
9. Deysel, Jean
10. du Plessis, Bismarck
11. du Plessis, Jannie
12. du Toit, Peter-Steph
13. du Toit, Thomas
14. Esterhuizen, Andre
15. Hadebe, Monde
16. Hoffmann, Conrad
17. Kankowski, Ryan
18. Lambie, Patrick
19. Majola, Khaya
20. Marais, Franco
21. Marais, SP
22. Mtawarira, Tendai (Beast)
23. Mtembu, Lubabalo (Tera)
24. Mtyanda, Lubabalo (Giant)
25. Murray, Waylon
26. Mvovo, Lwazi
27. Ndungane, Odwa
28. Oosthuizen, Etienne
29. Perez, Paul
30. Pietersen, JP
31. Reinach, Cobus
32. Sithole, S’bura
33. Stevens, Matt
34. Steyn, Francois
35. Ungerer, Stefan
36. Wentzel, Marco
37. Williams, Heimar
38. Wright, Cameron
39. Wilson, Jack
40. Zeilinga, Fred
The following players were not considered for selection at this stage due to injury:
Astle, JC
Jordaan, Paul
Lewies, Stephan
Chavhanga, Tonderai
Alberts, Willem
The Cell C Sharks commence their Vodacom Super Rugby campaign this Saturday, 14 February 2015 against the Toyota Cheetahs at Growthpoint Kings Park.
The match is scheduled to kick-off at 5.05pm.
The Cell C Sharks team to take on the Cheetahs will be announced on Thursday.
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