The 26-man DHL Stormers squad are set to take on the Pumas in a training match at Nelspruit Rugby Club on Wednesday.
DHL Stormers’ pre-season preparations will conclude with a training match featuring back-to-back substitutions starting at 3:30pm on Wednesday.
We will be wrapping up our pre-season with a 26-man squad for a training match against Airlink Pumas at Nelspruit Rugby Club on Wednesday.
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The 26-man squad includes new signing Dave Ewers, the return of JD Schickering and former Blitzbox star Sako Makata, who has joined from Griquas.
Center Luhan Nel, who has regained his health, was also named to the team.
DHL Stormers will begin their Vodacom United Rugby Championship campaign with a three-week tour, taking them to Europe to face the Ospreys, Zebre Parma and Edinburgh.
John Dobson said the training matches would provide an opportunity to simulate the intensity of a competitive match while carefully managing the workload of the athletes taking part.
“We’ve had a great pre-season ahead of the tour starting next week and this training match against a quality Pumas team was the perfect way to end it.
“Once we get this session over with we can then focus on starting our campaign from the front in Wales next week,” he said.
transmission: Andre-Hugo Venter, Adre Smith, Brock Harris, Dave Uwas, Hendre Stassen, JD Schickering, Joseph Dweba, Keke Morabe, Leon Lyons, Marcel Theunissen, Nissling Fouche, Ruben van Heerde, Sibusiso Sangweni, Willi Engelbrecht, Zachary Poten.
back: Angelo Davids, Dan du Plessis, Jean-Luc du Plessis, Juri Matthiy, Léorine Jsas, Luke Berger, Paul de Wet, Luhan Nel, Sakho Macata, Stefan Ungerer and Wandisile Simelane.
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