Damian Willemse has switched positions for Saturday’s Vodacom URC clash against Edinburgh in Cape Town.
The Springbok star moves from fullback to the right wing, replacing the injured Seabelo Senatla, with Warrick Gelant wearing the No 15 jersey.
Willemse has recently featured in the Stormers midfield, but the return of Dan du Plessis and captain Ruhan Nel has pushed him to the wing for this encounter.
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In the other change to the backline, Stefan Ungerer replaces Imad Khan at scrumhalf.
In the pack, there is an all-new front row in Sazi Sandi, André-Hugo Venter and Ntuthuko Mchunu, with Sandi making his 50th appearance for the Stormers, while Ben-Jason Dixon and Paul de Villiers come in for Marcel Theunissen and Deon Fourie respectively in the back row.
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The bench sees JJ Kotze, Oli Kebble and Neethling Fouche cover the front row, while Connor Evans, Fourie and Hacjivah Dayimani are the other forwards.
Dewaldt Duvenage and Jurie Matthee provide backline cover, with Theunissen, Khan and Vernon Matongo dropping out of the match 23.
STORMERS – 15 Warrick Gelant, 14 Damian Willemse, 13 Ruhan Nel (c), 12 Dan du Plessis, 11 Leolin Zas, 10 Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, 9 Stefan Ungerer, 8 Evan Roos, 7 Ben-Jason Dixon, 6 Paul de Villiers, 5 JD Schickerling, 4 Adré Smith, 3 Sazi Sandi, 2 André-Hugo Venter, 1 Ntuthuko Mchunu.
Bench: 16 JJ Kotze, , 17 Oli Kebble, 18 Neethling Fouche, 19 Connor Evans, 20 Deon Fourie, 21 Hacjivah Dayimani, 22 Dewaldt Duvenage, 23 Jurie Matthee.
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