Eben back for Scarlets
Ox will be back to face the Scarlets on Saturday, while Emile van Heerden comes back at lock along with Eben Etzebeth (who recovered from the knock on his knee). James Venter and Siya Kolisi both gets a break while Tino Mavesere comes into the team. Phepsi moves back to his favourite position at the back of the scrum. Nick Hatton comes onto the bench.
The Sharks have a chance to move to third position on the log with a win tomorrow. Should Glasgow gain 4 points against Leinster and the Sharks get a BP win against Scarlets, the Sharks will go through due to having the same log points (64) but one extra win (13-12). If Glasgow looses against Leinster the Sharks will just need a simple win.
In order to get some momentum going for the quarter final, the Sharks will want to put in a more consistent performance for a longer part of the game. The error rate needs to come down, ball protection at the rucks need to improve and the set pieces need some work.
- Ox Nche
- Bongi Mbonambi
- Vincent Koch
- Eben Etzebeth (C)
- Emile van Heerden
- Tino Mavesere
- Vincent Tshituka
- Phepsi Buthelezi
- Jaden Hendrikse
- Siya Masuku
- Makazole Mapimpi
- Andre Esterhuizen
- Jurenzo Julius
- Ethan Hooker
- Aphelele Fassi
Replacements
- Fez Mbatha
- Ntuthuko Mchunu
- Hanro Jacobs
- Jason Jenkins
- Nick Hatton
- Bradley Davids
- Francois Venter
- Yaw Penxe