Adriaan Strauss and his cousin, Andries Strauss, have been named captain and vice-captain of the Toyota Cheetahs side for their Vodacom Super Rugby clash against the MTN Lions on Saturday.
The Cheetahs take on the Lions at Coca-Cola Park with an exciting team featuring a good mix of experience and newcomers.
The last time these two sides met in Vodacom Super Rugby, on 6 May 2011, the team from Bloemfontein gave their former Cats-partners a rugby lesson when they won 53-19 at Coca-Cola Park.
It was the MTN Lions’ biggest defeat of last season against a team that ultimately finished three positions ahead of them on the Vodacom Super Rugby log.
The Toyota Cheetahs team is: Hennie Daniller, Dusty Noble, Robert Ebersohn, Andries Strauss (vc), Rocco Jansen, Johan Goosen, Tewis de Bruyn, Davon Raubenheimer, Lappies Labuschagné, Heinrich Brüssow, Izak van der Westhuizen, Andries Ferreira, WP Nel, Adriaan Strauss (c), Trevor Nyakane.
Replacements: Hercu Liebenberg, Lourens Adriaanse, Waltie Vermeulen, Ashley Johnson, Pieter van Zyl, Sias Ebersohn, Willie le Roux.