Amongst the forwards, there is a new comprising Thomas du Toit, Mahlatse Ralepelle and Lourens Adriaanse. Last week's starters Coenie Oosthuizen and Franco Marais will play off the bench while a late decision was made to rest Tendai Mtawarira and therefore he did not tour with the team.

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In the second row, Ruan Botha partners Stephan Lewies with Etienne Oosthuizen named on the bench, while Jean-Luc returns from injury to partner with his twin brother Daniel and Philip van der Walt (who takes over the captaincy for this match) to create a mobile and very physical loose-forward trio.

In the backline, flyhalf Curwin Bosch will have a new halfback partner, with Michael Claassens and Cobus Reinach swapping jerseys for this clash while Lukhanyo Am moves back to No.13, with Jeremy Ward taking over from Andre Esterhuizen and Odwa Ndungane coming into the side on the wing to earn his 137th cap to share the record (most capped Sharks Super Rugby player) with Jon-Paul Pietersen.

Sharks: 15 Rhyno Smith, 14 Odwa Ndungane, 13 Lukhanyo Am, 12 Jeremy Ward, 11 Lwazi Mvovo, 10 Curwin Bosch, 9 Michael Claassens, 8 Daniel du Preez, 7 Jean-Luc du Preez, 6 Philip van der Walt (captain), 5 Stephan Lewies, 4 Ruan Botha, 3 Lourens Adriaanse, 2 Mahlatse Ralepelle, 1 Thomas du Toit.

Replacements: 16 Franco Marais, 17 Juan Schoeman, 18 Coenie Oosthuizen, 19 Etienne Oosthuizen, 20 Lubabalo Mtembu, 21 Cobus Reinach, 22 Benhard Janse van Rensburg, 23 Johan Deysel.

Date: Saturday, April 29

Venue: Velez Sarsfield, Buenos Aires

Kick-off: 16.40 (21.40 SA Time; 19.40 GMT)

Referee: Jaco Peyper (South Africa)

Assistant referees: Jaco van Heerden (South Africa), Damian Schneider (Argentina)

TMO: Santiago Borsani (Argentina)

PV: 1