Brussow starts from the bench

March 6, 2013
Posted by Morné

Cheetahs coach Naka Drotské has resisted the temptation to rush Springbok Heinrich Brüssow straight back into his starting XV.

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The only change to the matchday squad to face the Highlanders in Invercargill on Saturday sees the Springbok openside flank, Brüssow, come onto the replacement bench in place of Johannes Prinsloo.

The starting XV is unchanged from that which took a 3-45 battering at the hands of the Chiefs last week.

Drotské, speaking to this website earlier this week, said the 26-year-old will likely start in Invercargill.

However, the Cheetahs coach has had a change of heart and Brüssow will play his 30-odd minutes off the bench.

The Bok flank, Brüssow, underwent surgery to his shoulder after he suffered an injury in a Currie Cup encounter with Griquas in October and was expected to be sidelined for about six months.

It was the second time last year that Brüssow was injured. He also missed a spell in the early stages of the Currie Cup season because of a knee injury.

Cheetahs: 15 Hennie Daniller, 14 Willie le Roux, 13 Johann Sadie, 12 Robert Ebersohn, 11 Raymond Rhule, 10 Johan Goosen, 9 Sarel Pretorius, 8 Philip van der Walt, 7 Pieter Labuschagne, 6 Frans Viljoen, 5 Francois Uys, 4 Lodewyk de Jager, 3 Lourens Adriaanse, 2 Adriaan Strauss (captain), 1 Trevor Nyakane.
Replacements: 16 Ryno Barnes, 17 Coenie Oosthuizen, 18 Rynhard Landman, 19 Heinrich Brüssow, 20 Piet van Zyl, 21 Riaan Smith, 22 Ryno Benjamin.

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9 Comments

  1. The Year of the Cheetah The Year of the Cheetah says:
    March 6th, 2013 at 1:09 pm Reply to this comment

    you all bitch and moan as if the cheetahs stole your wives, but watch this team just get better and better…

  2. Americano Americano says:
    March 6th, 2013 at 1:52 pm Reply to this comment

    Looks like the Messerschmitt….
    Has his wingman back.

  3. Morné Morné says:
    March 6th, 2013 at 2:11 pm Reply to this comment

    Sarel Pretorius starts again?

    Are you shitting me?

  4. Aldo Aldo says:
    March 6th, 2013 at 2:16 pm Reply to this comment

    Morne, when you have Sarel and Piet van Zyl as your only choices, you go for Sarel. That is my belief anyway.

    I cant see Brossouw making that much of a difference. He was has been very quiet and found it diffcult to adapt to the new laws, when not injured that is.

  5. Morné Morné says:
    March 6th, 2013 at 2:53 pm Reply to this comment

    Reply to Aldo @ 2:16 pm:

    Did you see the game on the weekend? Sarel cannot pass for shit anymore it seems.

  6. Boertjie Boertjie says:
    March 6th, 2013 at 2:54 pm Reply to this comment

    I thought Messerscmitt had a horrendous game?
    Same as Goosen?

  7. Americano Americano says:
    March 6th, 2013 at 3:34 pm Reply to this comment

    Boertje –
    Please…not even in jest.
    Messerschmitt Willie was a veritable Leonidas at Thermopylae – in a hopeless rout.
    So glad we’re now on to bigger & better things.

  8. Morné Morné says:
    March 6th, 2013 at 7:36 pm Reply to this comment

    Reply to Boertjie @ 2:54 pm:

    Only Ebersohn and Lappies looked anything half decent in that team.

  9. bok_in_oz bryce_in_oz says:
    March 7th, 2013 at 11:39 am Reply to this comment

    Reply to Morné @ 7:36 pm:

    The entire backline were literal turnstiles including Ebersohn…

    Lappies… well has to tackle like a malaka to make up for the above… a real workhorse…

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