Flanker Warren Britz will play his 50th Absa Currie Cup rugby match for the Sharks when they take on the Lions in the opening round of fixtures at the Absa Stadium in Durban Friday night.
With players on call for both the Springboks and the national Under 21 side, coach Dick Muir has included four new players in the Sharks Currie Cup squad and three men who have had Super 14 runs with the team.
Fullback Carl Bezuidenhout, and prop Kees Lensing come straight into the starting lineup while JC Strauss and Ryan Kankowski are on the bench.
Those who were in the Super 14 set up are centre Andries Strauss, Jody Jenniker and Scott Mathie.
Butch James, who is back at flyhalf, will partner scrumhalf Ruan Pienaar who, along with lock Johann Muller, has been released from Jake White's Springbok squad to play Currie Cup rugby for the Sharks this weekend.
James needs nine points to reach a target of 350 in Currie Cup rugby.
Once again in the absence of John Smit with the Springboks against France at Newlands, AJ Venter assumes the captaincy role.
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