Burger leads Bok-laden Province

Published: Wednesday, 19. October, 2011 in category South Africa

Schalk Burger will lead a Western Province team that includes five other World Cup Springboks when they tackle the Lions in the Currie Cup semifinal in Johannesburg on Saturday.

Burger, who played a 25-minute cameo off the bench in the win over the Pumas last week, will start against the Lions.

The other World Cup Boks in the starting XV are Gio Aplon, Jaque Fourie, Jean de Villiers and Bryan Habana.

Juan de Jongh, the sixth of WP's Boks, is on the bench.

Western Province: 15  Gio Aplon, 14 JJ Engelbrecht, 13 Jaque Fourie, 12 Jean de Villiers, 11  Bryan Habana, 10 Demetri Catrakilis, 9  Nic Groom, 8 Nick Koster, 7 Siya Kolisi, 6 Schalk Burger (captain), 5 De Kock Steenkamp, 4 Adriaan Fondse, 3 Brok Harris, 2 Tiaan Liebenberg, 1 JC Kritzinger.
Replacements: 16 Deon Fourie, 17 Frans Malherbe, 18 Tertius Daniller, 19 Pieter Louw, 20 Louis Schreuder, 21 Juan de Jongh, 22 Conrad Jantjes.

Date: Saturday, October 22
Venue: Coca-Cola Park, Johannesburg
Kick-off: 17.00 (15.00 GMT)
Referee: Jaco Peyper
Assistant referees: Stuart Berry, Cobus Wessels
TMO: Gerrie Coetzee