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The Cheetahs are SA’s rugby champions for the last
three years. Well this year they have lost a host of players and their coach .
So they will start 2008 from zip. They still have some quality players and being
the breeding place of the best SA talent they’ll be in the start of a brand new
cycle. Any win will do and they haven’t settled just yet in S14 rugby but do
have the SA provincial silverware.
Player Losses:
NH: Marius Jouba, Phillip Burger, Willem de Waal, Ollie le Roux, Ronnie Cooke
Retired: Os du Randt
Player Gains:
Boland : Hennie Daniller, Jongi Nokwe, Bulls: Jan Louis Potgieter,
Players to Watch:
The Cheetahs will bank on their captain Juan Smith and experience players to
get them wins.
Experiense
Kabamba Floors, Henro Scholtz, Falie Oelschig, CJ van der Linde, Bevin Fortuin.
Talented Youngsters:
Heinrich Brossouw, Duanne Vermeulen & the Strauss hookers.
Challenges:
The Cheetahs biggest challenge will be to rack up any win.
Calendar:
Lions (H), Force (H), Blues (H), Chiefs (A), Cusaders (A), Brumbies (A),
Waratahs (A), Reds (H), Stormers (A), Hurricans (H), Highlanders (H),
Sharks (A), Bulls (H)
Rating:
Somewhere in the bottom lot.
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