Godlen Masimla starts at scrumhalf in the only change to Western Province’s starting XV for Wednesday’s Currie Cup clash with the Pumas at Cape Town Stadium.

There are a few changes to the forwards on the bench, with props Ali Vermaak and Sazi Sandi set to make an impact, along with young loose forward Jarrod Taylor.

After three consecutive away matches, WP are back on home turf, and coach Jerome Paarwater is keen to make the most of familiar surroundings.

“It is great for us to be back for what is an important game in our campaign,” he said. “We have got some continuity in the team and hopefully we will see some good cohesion in the combinations as we play in front of our crowd again on Wednesday.”

Western Province – 15 Tristan Leyds, 14 Sergeal Petersen, 13 Mnombo Zwelendaba, 12 Cornel Smit, 11 Angelo Davids, 10 Kade Wolhuter, 9 Godlen Masimla, 8 Keke Morabe, 7 Marcel Theunissen, 6 Nama Xaba (c), 5 Ben-Jason Dixon, 4 Connor Evans, 3 Lee-Marvin Mazibuko, 2 JJ Kotze, 1 Kwenzo Blose.
Subs: 16 Lukhanyo Vokozela, 17 Ali Vermaak, 18 Sazi Sandi, 19 Simon Miller, 20 Jarrod Taylor, 21 Thomas Bursey, 22 Timothy Swiel, 23 Rikus Pretorius.