Investec Stormers coach Gert Smal today (Wednesday) announced his team to play the Hurricanes on Friday 25 March 2005 in Palmerston North, New Zealand. The match will kick-off at 9h35 SA Time and will be televised on Mnet and Supersport 1.

The team is as follows:

15. Werner Greeff
14. Breyton Paulse
13. Marius Joubert
12. De Wet Barry
11. Jean De Villiers
10. Chris Rossouw
9. Neil De Kock (C)
8. Adri Badenhorst
7. Schalk Burger
6. Luke Watson
5. Gerrie Britz
4. Quinton Davids
3. Faan Rautenbach
2. Hanyani Shimange
1. Eddie Andrews

Reserves:

16. Pieter Dixon
17. Riaan Olckers
18. Rob Linde
19. David Hendricks
20. Bolla Conradie
21. Gaffie du Toit
22. Tonderai Chavhanga

The following player was not considered due to injury:

Joe Van Niekerk – Joe will be seeing a specialist when we arrive back in Cape Town in order to assess the severity of a knee injury.