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Cape Town - The Cheetahs have named their team to face the Sunwolves at the Prince Chichibu Memorial Stadium in Tokyo, Japan on Saturday.
Three changes have been made to their line-up, with Torsten van Jaarsveld taking over the captaincy from the injured Francois Venter.
Van Jaarsveld will be the starting hooker, with Elandré Huggett moving to the bench.
Neil Marias and Fred Zeilinga will swap places at flyhalf with Marais in the starting line-up and Zeilinga providing cover as a substitute.
William Small-Smith will wear the number 13 jersey in place of the injured Venter. Junior Pokomela will be providing cover at centre from the bench.
Kick-off on Saturday is at 07:15 (SA Time).
Teams:
Sunwolves
15 Kotaro Matsushima, 14 Takaaki Nakazuru, 13 Derek Carpenter, 12 Harumichi Tatekawa, 11 Shota Emi, 10 Yu Tamura, 9 Fumiaki Tanaka, 8 Rahboni Warren Vosayaco, 7 Shuhei Matsuhashi, 6 Malgene Ilaua, 5 Sam Wykes, 4 Kotaro Yatabe, 3 Takuma Asahara, 2 Yusuke Niwai, 1 Keita Inagaki
Substitutes: 16 Takeshi Hino, 17 Koki Yamamoto, 18 Yasuo Yamaji, 19 Hitoshi Ono, 20 Shokei Kin, 21 Keisuke Uchida, 22 Jumpei Ogura, 23 William Tupou
Cheetahs
15 Clayton Blommetjies, 14 Sergeal Petersen, 13 William Small-Smith, 12 Clinton Swart, 11 Raymond Rhule, 10 Niel Marais, 9 Shaun Venter, 8 Henco Venter, 7 Oupa Mohoje, 6 Uzair Cassiem, 5 Carl Wegner, 4 Armandt Koster, 3 Johan Coetzee, 2 Torsten van Jaarsveld (captain), 1 Ox Nche
Substitutes: 16 Elandré Huggett, 17 Charles Marais, 18 Tom Botha, 19 Francois Uys, 20 Niell Jordaan, 21 Junior Pokomela, 22 Tian Meyer, 23 Fred Zeilinga
