Cheetahs touring squad for Challenge Cup named

The Cheetahs will travel to Amsterdam for Round 3 of the EPCR Challenge Cup to host Zebre Parma at the NRCA Stadium. The game in Nederland kicks off at 14:00 (15:00 SA time) on Sunday, 12 December.  

From Amsterdam, the team travels to France for their next match on Saturday, 18 January, at 18:30 (local time) against Lyon to round off their pool stage fixtures.

One of the EPCR's conditions for the Cheetahs' participation in the EPCR Challenge Cup is that the team is based in Europe and will, therefore, be playing the Round 1 and 3 home games at the NRCA Stadium in Amsterdam. Free State Rugby is grateful to Rugby Nederland for sharing their home ground with another team in orange.

CHEETAHS TRAVELLING SQUAD

FORWARDS: Aranos Coetzee, Schalk Ferreira, Corne Fourie, Marko Janse van Rensburg, Pieter Janse van Vuren, Daniel Maartens, Friedle Olivier, Vernon Paulo, Jeandre Rudolph, Victor Sekekete, Pierre-Raymond Uys, Henus van Wyk, Louis van der Westhuizen, Neels Volschenk, Laurence Victor, Siskonke Vumazonke.

BACKS: Michael Annies, Carel-Jan Coetzee, Ruben de Haas, Munier Hartzenberg, Cohen Jasper, Rewan Kruger, Ali Mgijima,Jandre Nel, Prince Nkabinde, Litha Nkula,Ethan Wentzel.

Players not available for selection due to injury: Cameron Dawson (calf), James Verity-Amm (knee), Gideon van der Merwe (ankle), Robert Hunt (calf), Banele Mthenjane (hamstring), Carl Wegner (finger), Oupa Mohoje (shoulder).