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.

1. Ox Nche
2. Bongi Mbonambi
3. Vincent Koch
4. Eben Etzebeth (C)
5. Emile van Heerden
6. Tino Mavesere
7. Vincent Tshituka
8. Phepsi Buthelezi
9. Jaden Hendrikse
10. Siya Masuku
11. Makazole Mapimpi
12. Andre Esterhuizen
13. Jurenzo Julius
14. Ethan Hooker
15. Aphelele Fassi

Replacements

16. Fez Mbatha
17. Ntuthuko Mchunu
18. Hanro Jacobs
19. Jason Jenkins
20. Nick Hatton
21. Bradley Davids
22. Francois Venter
23. Yaw Penxe