Force squad for Cheetahs

The squad: 1. Gareth Hardy 2. Tai McIsaac 3. Troy Takiari 4. Rudi Vedelago 5. Nathan Sharpe (c) 6. Richard Brown 7. Matt Hodgson 8. Scott Fava 9. Matt Henjak 10. James Hilgendorf 11. Scott Staniforth 12. Matt Giteau 13. Ryan Cross 14. Digby Ioane 15. Drew Mitchell 16. Luke Holmes 17. AJ Whalley 18. David Pusey 19. David Pocock 20. Chris O’Young 21. Junior Pelesasa 22. Haig Sare

SIX CHANGES TO THE STARTING XV FOR CHEETAHS
Forwards Matt Hodgson and Richard Brown and backs Digby Ioane and James Hilgendorf will return to the Emirates Western Force starting XV for Friday night’s game against the Cheetahs at Subiaco Oval.
Hodgson rotates with fellow openside flanker David Pocock, who moves onto the bench, while Richard Brown will start at blindside flanker switching with David Pusey, who will also cover lock.
Ioane comes back into the run-on side at right wing, while Scott Staniforth moves to the left wing replacing the injured Cameron Shepherd.
Hilgendorf also returns to the starting team, at flyhalf, with Matt Giteau shuffling one position to inside centre and Junior Pelesasa moving to the bench.
Versatile back Haig Sare comes back into the 22 for the first time since the round 10 game against the Crusaders.
Emirates Western Force Head Coach John Mitchell said he was expecting a very physical encounter with the South Africans.
He said despite recent losses, the Cheetahs had been unlucky and would be dangerous particularly for the last game of a long tour.
“They’ve played some outstanding rugby on this tour and haven’t been rewarded,” Mitchell said. “It should be an exciting contest because both sides like to shift the ball.”
“They will also be buoyed by the return from suspension of Springbok fullback Bevin Fortuin, and their captain Juan Smith is ever-present.”
Mitchell said he was pleased with the Force’s defensive effort against the Brumbies but the team was still annoyed at having lost the game after getting in a position to win it.
He said the loss meant Force had to perform this Friday to keep its slim finals chances alive.
“We have no choice. We have to win to stay in the race and to do that, we have to play positive football,” he said.
“And I know for a fact that the boys have missed playing at home and are looking forward to getting back in front of that sea of blue.”

There's some v. good names out there. Sounds good.

Sometimes this rotation thing really wee wee's me off but I guess there is method in it.

Does anybody agree with me that cross should benched to try out a new combination. He hasn't really be one of our top performers. It's the time to do it I would say.

boys need to bring on thier running, attacking game this week to win this by a big margin. The run on team should be able to do this. C'mon Force.

In favour of Rotation if we have a fresh Bam Bam next week - this one is for the bonus point and anything less will be a disappointment - will be fun this week hopefully heaps of tries and hopefully Gitts manages to share out the tries this week - time for some of the Forwards to show the backs how it's done again !

Is Gitts gunna get twenty?

Have the Cheetahs announced their team yet????

if you check out the super 14 website, the Cheetahs have announced thier side however it isnt finalised.

http://www.super14.com/news/viewarticle.asp?id=3511

maybe on left stanner will finally see some ball like sheps has been

The Cheetahs have been unable to win any matches in Australasia since returning to Super Rugby in 2006.

Cheetahs: 15 Bevin Fortuin, 14 Eddie Fredericks, 13 Marius Joubert, 12 Meyer Bosman, 11 Ronnie Cooke, 10 Willem de Waal, 9 Falie Oelschig, 8 Ryno van der Merwe, 7 Juan Smith (c)/Heinrich Brussouw, 6 Duane Vermeulen, 5 Rory Duncan, 4 Corniel van Zyl, 3 Jannie du Plessis, 2 Richardt Strauss, 1 Wian du Preez.
Replacements: 16 Hans van Dyk, 17 Ollie le Roux, 18 Bian Vermaak, 19 Kabamba Floors, 20 Michael Claassens, 21 Herkie Kruger, 22 Tiger Mangweni.

Date: Friday, 27 April
Venue: Subiaco Oval, Perth
Kick-off: 19.45 (11.45 GMT)
Referee: Paul Honiss (New Zealand)
Touch judges: Lyndon Bray (New Zealand), Paul Marks (Australia)
Television match official: Andrew Lindsay (Australia)
Assessor: Andrew Cole