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Pienaar leads Cheetahs in their Currie Cup opener against Griquas

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Ruan Pienaar. (PA/Supplied)
Ruan Pienaar. (PA/Supplied)

Cheetahs coach Hawies Fourie has named his team for their opening Currie Cup clash against Griquas in Kimberley on Saturday.

The Cheetahs, who enjoyed a bye in the first round, will be captained by veteran scrumhalf Ruan Pienaar.

Griquas opened their campaign with a 30-16 home loss to the Sharks last weekend.

Saturday's clash kicks off at 13:00, with AJ Jacobs the referee and Cwengile Jadezweni the television match official (TMO). 

Teams:

Griquas

TBA

Cheetahs

15 Clayton Blommetjies, 14 Duncan Saal, 13 Evardi Boshoff, 12 Howard Mnisi, 11 Tian Meyer, 10 Reinhardt Fortuin, 9 Ruan Pienaar (captain), 8 Gideon van Wyk, 7 Jacques Potgieter, 6 Jean Droste, 5   Rynier Bernardo, 4 Victor Sekekete, 3 Aranos Coetzee, 2 Wilmar Arnoldi, 1 Cameron Dawson

Substitutes: 16 Janus Venter17 Aluluthu Tshakweni, 18 Hencus van Wyk, 19 Reinier Viljoen, 20 Luan Potgieter, 21 Mihlali Mosi, 22 David Brits, 23 Cohen Jasper 

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