Two fetchers for Zebre

Sean Everitt has selected both James Venter and Dylan Richardson in the starting pack. This will make for a pretty mobile loose trio, but the Sharks may struggle in the tight exchanges especially with Le Roux Roets not on tour. Another unexpected choice is the selection of Ben Tapuai at 12 and Rohan Janse van Rensburg at 13 and not the other way around. Thaakir Abrahams gets the nod at 14 while Marnus Potgieter covers from the bench.

This should be the Sharks easiest game on this tour given that Zebre ended at the bottom of the log in 2021. However last week Leinster had to survive a second half fight back from Zebre in Parma to squeak in a 33-29 victory.

The South African teams generally start slow – so we should probably expect a fairly high error rate (as in the Bulls-Lions game).

1.Ntuthuko Mchunu
2. Kerron van Vurren
3. Thomas du Toit (c)
4. Gerbrandt Grobler
5. Reniel Hugo
6. James Venter
7. Dylan Richardson
8. Phepsi Buthelezi
9. Grant Williams
10. Boeta Chamberlain
11. Thaakir Abrahams
12. Ben Tapuai 
13. Rohan Janse van Rensburg
14. Werner Kok
15. Aphelele Fassi

REPLACEMENTS
16. Dan Jooste
17. Dian Bleuler
18. Carlu Sadie
19. Justin Basson
20. Sikhumbuzo Notshe
21. Cameron Wright
22. Fred Zeilinga
23. Marnus Potgieter