Sunwolves captain Shota Horie and coach Mark Hammett speak to OFM Sport
Loading player...
Sunwolves coach Mark Hammett made a few changes to his team which will face the Toyota Cheetahs in Bloemfontein this weekend.
Last week the side from Japan lost 46-19 to the Stormers in Cape Town.
Flyhalf, Tusi Pisi, is back at flyhalf after being rested last week and he will replace Yu Tamura in the pivot role.
Mifiposeti Paea moves to the wing after playing at centre against the Stormers and replaces the injured Akihito Yamada, while Derek Carpenter's new centre partner will be Harumichi Tatekawa.
Liaki Moli moves to the second row to replace the suspended Timothy Bond, while veteran lock Hitoshi Ono also returns to the starting side.
The last and only time these two side have met before, was on 12 March 2016 when the Cheetahs beat the Sunwolves 32-31 at the Singapore National Stadium.
Toyota Cheetahs - 15 Clayton Blommetjies, 14 Sergeal Petersen, 13 Nico Lee, 12 Francois Venter (captain), 11 Raymond Rhule, 10 Niel Marais, 9 Shaun Venter, 8 Paul Schoeman, 7 Uzair Cassiem, 6 Hilton Lobberts, 5 Francois Uys, 4 Lood de Jager, 3 Maks van Dyk, 2 Torsten van Jaarsveld, 1 Charles Marais
Replacements - 16 Jacques du Toit, 17 Danie Minnie, 18 Johan Coetzee, 19 Carl Wegner, 20 Henco Venter, 21 Oupa Mohoje, 22 Tian Meyer, 23 Fred Zeilinga
Sunwolves - 15 Riaan Viljoen, 14 Viliami Lolohea, 13 Harumichi Tatekawa 12 Derek Carpenter, 11 Mifiposeti Paea, 10 Tusi Pisi, 9 Yuki Yatomi, 8 Ed Quirk, 7 Andrew Durutalo, 6 Tomás Leonardi, 5 Liaki Moli, 4 Hitoshi Ono, 3 Takuma Asahara, 2 Shota Horie (captain), 1 Masataka Mikami
Replacements - 16 Takeshi Kizu, 17 Ziun Gu, 18 Shinnosuke Kakinaga, 19 Faatiga Lemalu, 20 Yoshiya Hosoda, 21 Kaito Shigeno, 22 Yu Tamura, 23 Yasutaka Sasakura
Morgan Piek OFM News
Last week the side from Japan lost 46-19 to the Stormers in Cape Town.
Flyhalf, Tusi Pisi, is back at flyhalf after being rested last week and he will replace Yu Tamura in the pivot role.
Mifiposeti Paea moves to the wing after playing at centre against the Stormers and replaces the injured Akihito Yamada, while Derek Carpenter's new centre partner will be Harumichi Tatekawa.
Liaki Moli moves to the second row to replace the suspended Timothy Bond, while veteran lock Hitoshi Ono also returns to the starting side.
The last and only time these two side have met before, was on 12 March 2016 when the Cheetahs beat the Sunwolves 32-31 at the Singapore National Stadium.
Toyota Cheetahs - 15 Clayton Blommetjies, 14 Sergeal Petersen, 13 Nico Lee, 12 Francois Venter (captain), 11 Raymond Rhule, 10 Niel Marais, 9 Shaun Venter, 8 Paul Schoeman, 7 Uzair Cassiem, 6 Hilton Lobberts, 5 Francois Uys, 4 Lood de Jager, 3 Maks van Dyk, 2 Torsten van Jaarsveld, 1 Charles Marais
Replacements - 16 Jacques du Toit, 17 Danie Minnie, 18 Johan Coetzee, 19 Carl Wegner, 20 Henco Venter, 21 Oupa Mohoje, 22 Tian Meyer, 23 Fred Zeilinga
Sunwolves - 15 Riaan Viljoen, 14 Viliami Lolohea, 13 Harumichi Tatekawa 12 Derek Carpenter, 11 Mifiposeti Paea, 10 Tusi Pisi, 9 Yuki Yatomi, 8 Ed Quirk, 7 Andrew Durutalo, 6 Tomás Leonardi, 5 Liaki Moli, 4 Hitoshi Ono, 3 Takuma Asahara, 2 Shota Horie (captain), 1 Masataka Mikami
Replacements - 16 Takeshi Kizu, 17 Ziun Gu, 18 Shinnosuke Kakinaga, 19 Faatiga Lemalu, 20 Yoshiya Hosoda, 21 Kaito Shigeno, 22 Yu Tamura, 23 Yasutaka Sasakura
Morgan Piek OFM News
