Fit-again Leolin Zas will fly down the left wing after being recalled by the DHL Stormers to face Ospreys in a Vodacom United Rugby Championship match in Swansea on Friday.
Last season’s top try-scorer is back from injury in one of seven changes to the starting lineup, joined at the back by newly wed fullback Clayton Blommetjies, with Angelo Davids moving across to the right wing.
Dan du Plessis will partner Alapati Leuia in midfield, with Sacha Mngomezulu set to make an impact from the replacements bench, while Paul de Wet is also back in the starting team at scrumhalf.
Hacjivah Dayimani and Nama Xaba will start on the flanks while, in the only change to the tight five, Marvin Orie joins captain Salmaan Moerat in the second row.
Springboks Joseph Dweba and Steven Kitshoff have been included among the replacements and are set to make an impact up front in the second half.
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Coach John Dobson said it is a big boost to welcome back some players who were so influential last season.
“Leolin was one of the standout players for us last season until he was injured in the semi-final, so to have him back in the team along with the likes of Clayton, Dan, Paul, Hacjivah, Nama and Marvin is exciting for us.
“Then, of course, to have players of Joseph and Steven’s quality coming off the bench is also something we are looking forward to.
“It is a short turnaround this week playing on Friday night and we also lost a day travelling from Italy, so we are going to have to really lift ourselves against an Ospreys team which will be full of internationals having rested some of them last weekend,” he said.
Meanwhile, scrumhalf Rhys Webb will lead out the Ospreys alongside flyhalf Stephen Myler, who makes his first appearance of the season.
Stormers – 15 Clayton Blommetjies, 14 Angelo Davids, 13 Alapati Leuia, 12 Dan du Plessis, 11 Leolin Zas, 10 Manie Libbok, 9 Paul de Wet, 8 Evan Roos, 7 Hacjivah Dayimani, 6 Nama Xaba, 5 Marvin Orie, 4 Salmaan Moerat (c), 3 Neethling Fouche, 2 Andre-Hugo Venter, 1 Ali Vermaak.
Subs: 16 Joseph Dweba, 17 Steven Kitshoff, 18 Brok Harris, 19 Ernst van Rhyn, 20 Marcel Theunissen, 21 Willie Engelbrecht, 22 Godlen Masimla, 23 Sacha Mngomezulu.
Ospreys – 15 Max Nagy, 14 George North, 13 Owen Watkin, 12 Michael Collins, 11 Keelan Giles, 10 Stephen Myler, 9 Rhys Webb, 8 Morgan Morris, 7 Jac Morgan, 6 Ethan Roots, 5 Alun Wyn Jones, 4 Adam Beard, 3 Tomas Francis, 2 Dewi Lake, 1 Nicky Smith.
Subs: 16 Scott Baldwin, 17 Rhys Henry, 18 Tom Botha, 19 Rhys Davies, 20 Dan Lydiate, 21 Reuben Morgan Williams, 22 Jack Walsh, 23 Luke Morgan.
