Coach Hawies Fourie announced the team to take on the Toyota Invitational on Saturday, 29 May in the Toyota Cheetah Challenge.  

The action in Toyota Stadium, Bloemfontein kicks off at 16:00 with a live broadcast on SuperSport.

The Toyota Invitational side is made up of players from the Vodacom Bulls, Cell C Sharks, DHL Stormers and the Emirates Lions. The team, under the guidance of Ricardo Loubscher, former Springbok assistant coach and Springbok scrum coach Daan Human, will be announced on Friday at 10:30.

Honouring the massive work done by schools and school coaches in South Africa players from both teams will have the unique opportunity on Saturday to wear the socks of the school that helped them create their respective rugby paths.

“With this gesture, we would like to thank all the schools and school coaches that tirelessly produce top quality rugby players for the South African rugby landscape on an annual basis,” said Harold Verster, Managing Director of the Free State Cheetahs (Pty) Ltd.

As per the current Covid-19 protocols, no spectators are allowed in the stadium but SuperSport will broadcast the match.

Jaco Peyper is the referee for the match.  He will be assisted by Paul Mente and Mpho Matsaung.  The TMO is Ben Crause.

Toyota Cheetahs vs Toyota Invitational

Saturday, 29 May 2021, 16:00  

15.          Clayton Blommetjies

14.          Craig Barry

13.          Dries Swanepoel

12.          Frans Steyn

11.          Rosko Specman

10.          Brandon Thomson

9.            Ruan Pienaar (C) 

8.            Jeandre Rudolph

7.            Oupa Mohoje

6.            Andisa Ntsila

5.            Rynier Bernardo

4.            Victor Sekekete

3.            Aranos Coetzee

2.            Wilmar Arnoldi

1.            Cameron Dawson

16.          Louis van der Westhuizen

17.          Schalk Ferreira

18.          Coenraad van Vuuren

19.          Jacques Potgieter

20.          Aidon Davis

21.          Tian Meyer

22.          Howard Mnisi

23.          Duncan Saal

24.          Chris Massyn

25.          Alulutho Tsakweni