Scrumhalf Dewaldt Duvenage will start in his 100th match for the Stormers as they get ready to host Ospreys at the Cape Town Stadium on Friday night.
Coach John Dobson has made minimal changes to the squad that demolished defending champions Leinster 35-0 in round 1. Duvenhage replaces Stef Ungerer who drops down to the bench, while utility forward Connor Evans is preferred to Springbok Ben-Jason Dixon in the No 7 jersey and Marcel Theunissen coming in for Paul de Villiers.
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The veteran scrumhalf, who made his Stormers debut back in 2009, joins Brok Harris and Deon Fourie in the centurion club, having also added 72 caps for Perpignan and 98 for Benetton during his career abroad.
Lock Adré Smith also brings up a milestone, running out for his 50th Stormers appearance after returning from a stint in Japan.
Props Ali Vermaak and Sazi Sandi are named among the replacements for their first appearances of the season.
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Director of Rugby John Dobson said the squad is determined to back up last week’s statement win with another big performance.
“While we were happy with the result last week, we know that there can be no complacency heading into this match against an Ospreys side that have proven tough customers for us in the past,” said Dobson.
“Dewaldt comes from the generation of players that gave us the likes of Brok Harris and Deon Fourie and it is fitting that he joins them as a Stormers centurion. He has always been very tactically astute and there are few others as committed to the cause.”
STORMERS – 15 Wandisile Simelane, 14 Seabelo Senatla, 13 Ruhan Nel (c), 12 Dan du Plessis, 11 Leolin Zas, 10 Jurie Matthee, 9 Dewaldt Duvenage, 8 Evan Roos, 7 Connor Evans, 6 Marcel Theunissen, 5 JD Schickerling, 4 Adré Smith, 3 Neethling Fouché, 2 André-Hugo Venter, 1 Vernon Matongo
Bench: 16 JJ Kotze, 17 Ali Vermaak, 18 Sazi Sandi, 19 Ruben van Heerden, 20 Ben-Jason Dixon, 21 Paul de Villiers, 22 Stefan Ungerer, 23 Clinton Swart
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