Grant Williams Lukhanyo Am Eben Etzebeth Neil Powell Werner Kok Jaden Hendrikse Vincent Tshituka Rohan Janse Van-Rensburg France South Africa Durban Toulouse Sharks Rugby as Grant Williams Lukhanyo Am Eben Etzebeth Neil Powell Werner Kok Jaden Hendrikse Vincent Tshituka Rohan Janse Van-Rensburg France South Africa Durban

Andrews replaces Etzebeth as Sharks make injury-enforced changes for Toulouse quarter-final

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Sharks director of rugby Neil Powell has made three injury-enforced changes to his 23-man squad for Saturday's Champions Cup quarter-final away to French giants Toulouse.OBITUARY | Ian McIntosh: A Cinderella story that became the face of rugbyTwo of those are in the starting XV which thumped Munster 50-35 in Durban last weekend.

Hyron Andrews replaces Eben Etzebeth at lock after the Bok enforcer was ruled out with a shoulder injury.Grant Williams comes in at scrumhalf for Jaden Hendrikse, who also injured his shoulder against Munster.

Cameron Wright is the reserve scrumhalf.There's also a change on the bench where loose forward Jeandre Labuschagne takes over from the injured Emile van Heerden.15 Boeta Chamberlain, 14 Werner Kok, 13 Lukhanyo Am, 12 Rohan Janse van Rensburg, 11 Makazole Mapimpi, 10 Curwin Bosch, 9 Grant Williams, 8 Sikhumbuzo Notshe, 7 Vincent Tshituka, 6 Siya Kolisi, 5 Gerbrandt Grobler, 4 Hyron Andrews, 3 Thomas du Toit, 2 Bongi Mbonambi, Ox NcheSubstitutes: 16 Kerron van Vuurren, 17 Ntuthuko Mchunu, 18 Carlu Sadie, 19 Jeandre Labuschagne, 20 Phepsi Buthelezi, 21 Cameron Wright, 22 Ben Tapuai, 23 Thaakir AbrahamsCentre Lukhanyo Am said the Sharks were expecting a bruising battle against Toulouse."The French sides have a similar style of play to us, with a focus on the set-piece and forward-dominance with a backline that's not afraid to move the ball around.

It's almost like-for-like and going to Toulouse, they're a big side in France with home ground advantage which is going to be a challenge for us, but it's something we've prepared for."As South African teams, we like the physical and confrontational side of things and if you bring that against a side like Toulouse's big pack, it will give us

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