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PUBLISHED: August 29, 2019


DHL Western Province U21 will take on Toyota Free State U21 in their SA Rugby U21 Championship semifinal at Villager FC on Saturday.

Having finished the league phase of the competition in second place on points difference over their opponents Toyota Free State U21, DHL Western Province U21 will host a semifinal, which kicks off at 14h00 on Saturday at Brookside.

The last time the two sides met at False Bay RFC two weeks ago, DHL Western Province U21 scored five tries in the second half to come from behind and win 40-17.

Centre Rikus Pretorius and flyhalf David Coetzer return in the only changes to the backline while in the forward pack prop Sazi Sandi and flank Shaine Orderson are back in the starting line-up.

DHL Western Province U21 Head Coach Jerome Paarwater said that his side will have to work hard if they are to secure a place in this year’s final next week.

“We know that it will take a big effort in order to get the win we need to go to the final.

“We played this Toyota Free State U21 side a few weeks ago, so we understand what sort of challenge awaits us.

“The players have put in the hard work this week, now it is about playing to our potential on the weekend,” he said.

Entrance at Villager FC on Saturday is free.

DHL Western Province U21: 15 David Kriel, 14 Sihle Njezula, 13 Lyle Hendricks, 12 Rikus Pretorius, 11 Angelo Davids, 10 David Coetzer, 9 Vusile Dlepu, 8 Adrian Paarwater, 7 Shaine Orderson, 6 Gift Dlamini, 5 Ben-Jason Dixon (captain), 4 Marcel Theunissen, 3 Sazi Sandi, 2 Schalk Erasmus, 1 Leon Lyons.
Replacements: 16 Daniel Jooste, 17 Dian Bleuler, 18 Dandre Degenaar, 19 Ian Kitwanga, 20 Jesse Johnson, 21 Deon Carstens, 22 Abner van Reenen, 23 Matthew More.