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Fullback SP Marais starts his first game since injuring his knee two months ago against the Chiefs, when the Southern Kings take on the Cheetahs at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium on Saturday.
Marais is the only change to the starting 15 that beat the Highlanders last time out with George Whithead dropping to the bench.
Vice captain Andries Strauss has passed a fitness test on the shoulder he injured against the Highlanders and will start at inside centre.
Captain Luke Watson is struggling with a cold and did not practice today, but is expected to be fully fit for the weekend.
In the two changes to the bench, Lock Rynier Bernardo comes in for Daniel Odongo and newly wed loose forward Jacques Engelbrecht replaces Devin Oosthuizen.
