Clayton Blommetjies and young centre Suleiman Hartzenberg will both make their DHL Stormers debut in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship opener against Connacht in Stellenbosch on Saturday.The Stormers start their title defence against the Irish side, in a match that kicks off at 14h30 on Saturday at the Danie Craven Stadium.
The 19-year-old Hartzenberg will line up alongside Dan du Plessis in midfield, while out wide speedster Angelo Davids returns from a stint with the Springbok Sevens team to join Blommetjies and Seabelo Senatla in the back three.Manie Libbok and Paul de Wet form the starting halback combination, with Godlen Masimla and Sacha Mngomezulu among the replacements.
Evan Roos is at the back of the scrum, with Junior Pokomela and Hacjivah Dayimani on the flanks, while there are six forwards in Kwenzo Blose, Chad Solomon, Neethling Fouche, Adre Smith, Marcel Theunissen and Willie Engelbrecht ready to make an impact as replacements. “We have seen the likes of Clayton, Suleiman and some of the others show some real promise in our pre-season and it will be good to see how they react on Saturday.
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