Just one change for Vikings
The FNB TUT Vikings, still winless after two rounds of 2012 Varsity Cup action, have made just one change to their team for Monday's match against defending champions, FNB UCT.
Zandre Grobler will start at tighthead prop, with Dandre van der Westhuyzen dropping down to the bench.
That is the only change to the starting line-up which went down 0-40 to FNB UP-Tuks in Round Two, with replacement backs Manny Raposo and Melcolm Griffiths joining the bench for Monday's meeting with the Ikeys.
Hooker Johan Pieterse will captain the Vikings, alongside Coert van Gerve and the newly-promoted Grobler, and the home side will look to set the platform with their big pack up front.
* The Vikings are yet to defeat the Ikeys in Varsity Cup competition, with the Men from Tshwane going down 16-45 in Cape Town last year.
The FNB TUT Vikings team: 15 Hagen Mumba, 14 Ruan van Loo, 13 Rikus de Beer, 12 Brahm du Preez, 11 Craig Pheiffer, 10 Hansie Graaff, 9 Nico Smuts, 8 Wikus Botes, 7 Yves Basiya, 6 Ryno Coetzee, 5 JJ Breett, 4 Gavin Engelbrecht, 3 Zandre Grobler, 2 Johan Pieterse (captain), 1 Coert van Gerve.
Replacements: 16 Dandre van der Westhuyzen, 17 Nico van den Heever, 18 Peter Matthews, 19 Ryno Lopes, 20 Manny Raposo, 21 Melcolm Griffiths, 22 Craig van Rooi, 23 Nathi Sethusse.
Head coach: Deon Boardman
Date: Monday, February 20
Venue: TUT Stadium, Tshwane
Kick-off: 7pm
Referee: Tiaan Jonker
Assistant referees: Lihan Pretorius, Quinton van Huysteen
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