Sharks head coach Robert du Preez has named an unchanged starting line-up for Saturday’s Currie Cup match with the Free State Cheetahs in Bloemfontein.
There is one change amongst the replacements, with Tera Mthembu unfortunately picking up a knee injury (meniscus tear) in the last match. His place on the bench has been taken by Luke Stringer.
The Sharks will once again be captained by Springbok hooker Chiliboy Ralepelle, who is joined in the front-row by John-Hubert Meyer and Juan Schoeman while Hyron Andrews and Gideon Koegelenberg pack down in the second-row.
Dan du Preez starts at number eight alongside Tyler Paul and Wian Vosloo, who are the two flankers, with Robert du Preez at fly-half and Louis Schreuder starts at scrum-half.
Marius Louw and Jeremy Ward are the centre combination while Curwin Bosch continues at full-back with Kobus van Wyk and Lwazi Mvovo on the wings.
Sharks: 15 Curwin Bosch, 14 Kobus van Wyk, 13 Jeremy Ward, 12 Marius Louw, 11 Lwazi Mvovo, 10 Robert du Preez, 9 Louis Schreuder, 8 Daniel du Preez, 7 Tyler Paul, 6 Wian Vosloo, 5 Hyron Andrews, 4 Gideon Koegelenberg, 3 John-Hubert Meyer, 2 Chiliboy Ralepelle (c), 1 Juan Schoeman
Replacements: 16 Kerron van Vuuren, 17 Khutha Mchunu, 18 Andrew Evans, 19 Luke Stringer, 20 Cameron Wright, 21 Johan Deysel, 22 Aphelele Fassi
Date: Saturday, September 1
Venue: Free State Stadium, Bloemfontein
Kick-off: 14:00 local (13:00 BST, 12:00 GMT)
Referee: Jaco Peyper
Assistant referees: Ben Crouse, Divan Uys
TMO: Lourens van der Merwe