Lambie back, Bismarck out

The Sharks will welcome back ace flyhalf Pat Lambie to the team which will take on the Blues but lost a world class player in Bismarck du Plessis.

Lambie who missed the last 2 games makes a welcome return to the starting XV which also sees Tim Whitehead passing a fitness test to slot in at 12 again where he will partner JP Pietersen.  Michalak moves to the bench.

Bismarck’s loss sees Burden again starting with Kyle Cooper on the bench.

Jean Deysel will start at 7 ahead of Willem Alberts who moves to the bench.  In at 6 young Marcell Coetzee who was under an injury cloud has been cleared to play.

Sharks team

15. Riaan Viljoen
14. Louis Ludik
13. JP Pietersen
12. Tim Whitehead
11. Lwazi Mvovo
10. Patrick Lambie
9. Charl McLeod
8. Keegan Daniel (C)
7. Jean Deysel
6. Marcell Coetzee
5. Anton Bresler
4. Steven Sykes
3. Jannie du Plessis
2. Craig Burden
1. Dale Chadwick

Replacements
16. Kyle Cooper
17. Wiehahn Herbst
18. Jandre Marais
19. Willem Alberts
20. Jacques Botes
21. Meyer Bosman
22. Frederic Michalak

Tags: Bismarck du Plessis, Blues, Pat Lambie, Sharks, Super Rugby