Super Rugby Preview: Sharks v Highlanders

The Sharks host the Highlanders’ at Kings Park tomorrow afternoon and both teams have key players returning as they battle for a place in the semi-finals.
Pat Lambie (torn bicep) has returned to the home side’s match day squad, albeit for a place on the bench.
Jake White also welcomes back scrum-half Cobus Reinach who moves straight into the starting XV, while JP Pietersen has been cleared to continue at outside centre following a collision with Duane Vermeulen last week.
Ben Smith has overcome an infection to his leg to co-captain the Highlanders. Elsewhere in the back line Lima Sopoaga has been reinstated to fly-half, with Phil Burleigh returning alongside him at 12.
In the pack, Jarrad Hoeata starts in the second row and Ged Robinson comes in at hooker.
Sharks: Marais; Sithole, Pietersen, Jordaan, Mvovo; Steyn, Reinach; Du Toit, B du Plessis (Capt.), J du Plessis; Bresler, Lewies; Coetzee, Alberts, Kankowski.
Replacements: Cooper, Chadwick, Adriaanse, Oosthuizen, Deysel, McLeod, Lambie, Chavhanga.
Highlanders: Smith (co-Capt); Buckman , Fekitoa, Burleigh, Osborne; Sopoaga, Smith; Hames, Robinson, King; Hoeata, Wheeler; Dixon, Christie, Manu (co-Capt).
Replacements: Coltman, Diaz, Koen, Bekhuis, Franklin, Tanaka, Renata, Evans.
ADAM ELLIS