Cavalier move for Saracens
Thu, 04 Dec 2008 22:21
A pre-season friendly match between the Boland Cavaliers and top English Premiership outfit Saracens in January has been confirmed.
"Yes, the match is definitely on. We must just make sure about the date and the venue," Boland CEO Piet Bergh said.
The match will be played on January 27 or 28.
Saracens face the Stormers Super 14 outfit at Newlands on January 24, before taking on the Cavaliers at Wellington on January 31.
Bergh said the Saracens match will not take place in Wellington, but possibly at Worcester, Robertson or the West Coast.
"We also need to take our big matches to our supporters," Bergh said.
* Meanwhile, new signing Luvo Sogidashe will probably get a chance on the wing against Saracens.
And with lock Brad Mockford back at the London Irish Academy until the start of the Currie Cup season, newcomers Nico du Plessis and Rito Hlungwani could fight it out to be Nico Esterhuyze's partner.
Du Plessis and Hlungwani were both contracted at Western Province last season.
Du Plessis was one of the stars in the Emerging South African team at the victorious International Rugby Board Nations Cup tournament in Romania earlier this year.
He could well get the nod for the Cavaliers' first friendly of the season.
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