Leolin Zas © Gallo Photographs
DHL Stormers coach John Dobson has gone for the continuity mantra in his choice for Saturday night’s Vodacom United Rugby Championship conflict with Benetton.
There is only one change to the crew that began final weekend’s 34-29 win over Connacht, with Leolin Zas returning to the No11 jersey for Suleiman Hartzenberg, who strikes to the bench. Ben Loader was on the bench in opposition to Connacht however just isn’t a part of the match day squad for this recreation.
Hartzenberg was wonderful on assault in final week’s recreation, as certainly the Stormers crew as a complete was, however maybe Dobson felt like he wanted a change to type out the convenience with which the Stormers seemed to be outflanked by the Connacht outdoors backs within the spherical 15 recreation.
There are a number of adjustments on the bench, with younger lock Connor Evans changing the injured flanker Deon Fourie as Dobson continues with the six – two break up between forwards and backs. A further change is the return of Springbok scrumhalf Herschel Jantjies for Paul de Moist.
Dobson has given Stefan Ungerer a vote of confidence by giving him back-to-back video games because the beginning scrumhalf, whereas his backing of Andre-Hugo Venter because the beginning hooker and JJ Kotze because the back-up may be important within the sense of the arrogance that may have been derived by the Stormers’ good scrumming effort final week. The highly effective scrummaging hooker Joseph Dweba once more doesn’t characteristic.
TEAM: Warrick Gelant, Seabelo Senatla, Dan du Plessis, Damian Willemse, Leolin Zas, Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, Stefan Ungerer, Evan Roos, Marcel Theunissen, Paul de Villiers, Ruben van Heerden, Salmaan Moerat (captain), Sazi Sandi, Andre-Hugo Venter, Ali Vermaak.
REPLACEMENTS: JJ Kotze, Vernon Matongo, Brok Harris, JD Schickerling, Connor Evans, Louw Nel, Herschel Jantjies, Suleiman Hartzenberg.
