Brits back for Vodacom Stormers

Vodacom WP plays the Fidentia Boland Cavaliers in a Vodacom Cup curtain raiser match at 14h45.

Van der Merwe made two changes to the side.

The only change to pack is at hooker, where Schalk Brits is back in place of Hanyani Shimange. Shimange started last week against the Sharks in Durban after Brits was forced to withdraw due to a bout of the flu.

Shimange reverts back to the substitutes bench, with Aussie Huia Edmunds dropping out of the 22.

In the other change Chumani Booi gets a start at wing in place of Rayno Benjamin, who will be on the bench.

Vodacom Stormers scrumhalves Neil De Kock and Bolla Conradie are both on 49 caps and should receive their 50th Stormers caps on Saturday.

The Vodacom Stormers team is as follows:

15. Joe Pietersen
14. Chumani Booi
13. Marius Joubert
12. De Wet Barry (C)
11. Jean De Villiers
10. Peter Grant
9. Neil De Kock
8. Joe van Niekerk
7 Schalk Burger
6. Luke Watson
5. Andries Bekker
4. Ross Skeate
3. Eddie Andrews
2. Schalk Brits
1. JD Moller

Reserves:

16. Hanyani Shimange
17. Neil Fullard
18. Gerrie Britz
19. Adri Badenhorst
20. Bolla Conradie
21. Naas Olivier
22. Rayno Benjamin

Statistics

Neil de Kock:
Stormers Debut: 2001 vs Waratahs
Stormers Caps: 49
Stormers Points: 15 (3 tries)

Bolla Conradie:
Stormers Debut: 2002 vs Sharks
Stormers Caps: 49
Stormers Points: 48 (9 tries, 1 drop goal)