Gelant returns for DHL Stormers in Glasgow
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Gelant returns for DHL Stormers in Glasgow
| Fullback Warrick Gelant makes his return for the DHL Stormers in their Vodacom United Rugby Championship quarterfinal against Glasgow Warriors at Scotstoun Stadium on Saturday. |
| The DHL Stormers will be aiming to secure a semifinal place when they face the Scottish outfit in the knock-out clash, which kicks off at 20h35 (SAST) on Saturday. |
| Gelant had been rested for the last league fixture of the season and makes his return at fullback, with Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu moving to inside centre to link up with Dan du Plessis in midfield. The only other change to the backline sees Ben Loader come into the starting line-up on the left wing. |
| In the forward pack Evan Roos has been ruled out with a concussion picked up in training this week and is replaced at openside flank by Willie Engelbrecht, while there is an all-new front row of Brok Harris, Joseph Dweba and Frans Malherbe who all featured from the replacements bench in the win against the Emirates Lions last week. |
| Connor Evans and a fit-again Paul de Wet are included among the replacements, along with last week's starting front row of Sti Sithole, Andre-Hugo Venter and Neethling Fouche. |
| Director of Rugby John Dobson said that his team is determined to rise to the challenge of playing their first away knock-out fixture in the competition. |
| "We know that it will take a top performance to stay alive in this competition and that is a challenge we have embraced. |
| "We will have to do it without a number of our frontline players due to injuries, but it is a testament to the depth we have built and the quality of our squad that there is plenty of belief. |
| "Despite having almost a full team ruled out, we have built up some good momentum heading into the play-offs. |
| "This is our first Vodacom URC play-off match away from home after playing six at DHL Stadium and we want to show that we can rise to the occasion," he said. |
DHL Stormers: 15 Warrick Gelant, 14 Suleiman Hartzenberg, 13 Dan du Plessis, 12 Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, 11 Ben Loader, 10 Manie Libbok, 9 Herschel Jantjies, 8 Hacjivah Dayimani, 7 Ben-Jason Dixon, 6 Willie Engelbrecht, 5 Ruben van Heerden, 4 Salmaan Moerat (captain), 3 Frans Malherbe, 2 Joseph Dweba, 1 Brok Harris. Replacements: 16 Andre-Hugo Venter, 17 Sti Sithole, 18 Neethling Fouche, 19 Adre Smith, 20 Marcel Theunissen, 21 Connor Evans, 22 Paul de Wet, 23 Jean-Luc du Plessis. |
