CELL C SHARKS VS MUNSTER 1ST APRIL 2023

01/04/23 OFFICIAL MATCH DAY PROGRAMME

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CONTENTS

POA 10H30 PARKING GATES OPEN 11H00 TURNSTILES OPEN 13H30 CELL C SHARKS VS MUNSTER

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MATCH PREVIEW

BONGI MBONAMBI INTERVIEW

CELL C SHARKS PLAYER PROFILES

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MAJOR MATCHUP KOLISI V O'MAHONY

MUNSTER PLAYER PROFILES

FACTS, STATS & TRIVIA

SPONSORS

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FIXTURES/RESULTS/LOG HEINEKEN CHAMPIONS CUP

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EPCR WELCOME MESSAGE A warm welcome to this Round 1/Round 2 match in the 2022/23 Heineken Champions Cup in what is an historic 28th season as the leading South African clubs make their mark in our world-class tournament The quality and tradition of the DHL Stormers, Vodacom Bulls and Cell C Sharks will add a new layer of interest as the Heineken Champions Cup extends its global reach and attracts new fans.

For this groundbreaking season, the 24-club format with two pools of 12 has been retained. The four pool stage rounds will be followed by four knockout stage rounds guaranteeing a series of compelling contests which will culminate in the 2023 final at Dublin’s Aviva Stadium on Saturday, 20 May. In addition, two clubs from each pool will qualify for the Round of 16 of the EPCR Challenge Cup. We are delighted to be joined on the journey to Dublin by our long-standing title partner, Heineken, by our official partners, DHL, IHG and Tissot, by our official supporters, Gilbert and Kappa, and also by our official airline partner in South Africa, Qatar Airways.

BT Sport, beIN SPORTS and France Télévisions, who have all renewed their agreements for the new broadcast cycle, will continue to provide superb coverage, and we welcome SuperSport in South Africa, ITV and RTÉ in the UK and Ireland, and FloRugby in the USA, who in addition to S4C in Wales, will showcase the tournament to even more viewers.

On a more sombre note, everyone at EPCR was deeply saddened to learn of the recent passing of our former Chairman and Board member, Paul McNaughton. Paul was a hugely talented all-round sportsman in his heyday and more recently, he proved himself to be equally accomplished as an administrator. He will be sorely missed and we re-extend our condolences to his family and friends.

We hope that you enjoy the match and best wishes to you, the fans, as well as to your club’s players and staff for what promises to be another memorable Heineken Champions Cup season.

Yours in rugby, Dominic McKay, EPCR Chairman ENDS

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EPCR WELCOME MESSAGE A warm welcome to this Round of 16 fixture in the Heineken Champions Cup as competition for a coveted place in the 2023 Dublin Final really begins to hot up.

The knockout stage generates its very own brand of compelling, high-stakes rugby, and it’s win or bust now for the remaining elite clubs who remain in contention for the 28th Heineken Champions Cup Final, which will be staged at the Aviva Stadium on Saturday 20 May. Following the historic introduction of the leading South African clubs into this season’s Heineken Champions Cup, it came as no major surprise that the Cell C Sharks, DHL Stormers and Vodacom Bulls all qualified in impressive style for the business end of the tournament at the first attempt.

To emphasise the enduring quality of the tournament, the clubs that reached this season’s knockout stage had as many as 27 EPCR titles between them.

In addition, as you are no doubt aware, the clubs with the highest rankings from the pool stage earn home advantage for the Round of 16 and quarter-final matches.

We are delighted to be joined on the journey to Dublin by our long-standing title partner, Heineken, by our official partners, DHL, IHG and Tissot, by our official supporters, Gilbert and Kappa, and also by our official airline partner in South Africa, Qatar Airways.

Our loyal broadcast partners, BT Sport, beIN SPORTS and France Télévisions, continue to provide unrivalled coverage of the Heineken Champions Cup in the UK, Ireland and France respectively, while SuperSport in South Africa, ITV and RTÉ in the UK and Ireland, S4C in Wales and FloRugby in the USA and Canada are making valuable contributions to the growth of tournament.

On behalf of everyone at EPCR, enjoy the match and best wishes to you, the fans, as well as to your club’s players and staff for what promises to be another tension-packed occasion in the Heineken Champions Cup knockout stage.

Yours in rugby, Dominic McKay, EPCR Chairman

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MATCH PREVIEW

COME TOGETHER WORDS: ALBERT HEENOP

Nobody was more disappointed with their strangely disconnected performance in URC against the Scarlets last Saturday than the Cell C Sharks themselves. It was largely due to the fact that the Boks had been out of the mix for half a dozen weeks. However, with the boys finding their mutual mojo, these Cell C Sharks are primed to hit their straps in today’s Round of 16 Champions Cup encounter with Munster…

Nobody quite expected the Cell C Sharks to go down 20-32 against the Scarlets during last Saturday night’s Vodacom United Rugby Championship encounter in Llanelli.

of the Boks probably contributed in a big way to the downfall of the Cell C Sharks in Llanelli, as the team clearly lacked the necessary cohesion and collective thrust to stamp their authority on the opposition.

To be sure, it was a highly uncharacteristic performance by the Durban-based outfit, who, after six weeks, had their full contingent of Springbok players back at their disposal.

With the URC making way for the Heineken Champions Cup Round of 16 this week, and quarter-finals next week, Siya Kolisi and his troops have left no stone unturned in their quest to rectify matters, and attain the coherence and clinicality that have already established them as a force to be reckoned with in the Champions Cup.

It was an overall lacklustre performance, marked by far too may unforced errors and poor discipline, which resulted in a string of penalties that Scarlets sharpshooters Sam Castello converted to effectively boot the Welsh team to victory.

The try tally was two apiece, yet Castello was on target with no fewer than six straight penalty goals.

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The Hollywoodbets Kings Park faithful can indeed rest assured that it will be vastly different animal being released in The Shark Tank today.

Irish powerhouse Munster arrived in Durban this week on the back of a loss in the URC, too.

The team, coached by former England and

Leicester Tigers prop, Graham Rowntree, suffered a 26-38 defeat at the hands of the Glasgow Warriors at home in Limerick.

They will therefore also be intent on getting back to winning ways, especially with a Champions Cup quarter-final berth next week up for grabs.

Considering how well the Cell C Sharks have fared in their maiden Champions Cup season - they won three of their four Pool games Neil Powell’s charges, though, will be backing themselves for the type of commanding performance, at home, which will not only warm the hearts of their huge fan base but will also secure that all-important playoff spot.

THE HOLLYWOODBETS KINGS PARK FAITHFUL CAN INDEED REST ASSURED THAT IT WILL BE VASTLY DIFFERENT ANIMAL BEING RELEASED IN THE SHARK TANK TODAY. As far as individual statistics in the Champions Cup is concerned, Cell C Sharks’ pivot Curwin Bosch is currently second in terms of points-scorers with a tally of 35, while scrumhalf Jaden Hendrikse has been included on the European Professional Club Rugby (EPCR) Player of the Year long-list after crossing for three tries during the pool stages of the campaign.

If the Cell C Sharks, with their international artillery up front, can attain the usual dominance in the forward exchanges, Hendrikse and Bosch can be expected to again dictate matters superbly behind the scrum and unleash their equally potent three-quarter line.

A thrilling afternoon of Champions Cup warfare is in store.

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NO REGRETS, THAT’S MBONAMBI’S MOTTO As one of South Africa’s RWC heroes of 2019, Bongi Mbonambi is someone who doesn’t dwell too much on the past. For that very reason, he has already put the disappointment of the Scarlets’ loss behind him and is simply fizzing to tackle Munster in today’s massive Champions Cup confrontation…

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Born on January 7, 1991, in the Free State town of Bethlehem, Mbongeni Theo Mbonambi and his mates created ‘rugby balls’ from orange bags and newspapers, as they had no real rugby balls to play with.

“Growing up in Bethlehem had its challenges, but my parents worked very had to make sure that we could have a better education and opportunities than what they had,” he says.

“Once I got my opportunity, though, I took it with both hands, with the full support of my parents and family.”

Mbonambi started playing rugby at Truida Kestell Primary School in Bethlehem, but reckons that he only started talking the game seriously at the age of 16, at Voortrekker High School, from where he represented the Griffons at the Grant Khomo Week of 2007 at Kearsney College.

His final two years of schooling were spent at St Alban's College in Pretoria, where he gradually started working his way through the various Blue Bulls age-groups.

“I arrived at St Alban’s during the middle of Grade 10, and boarded in MacRobert House with an awesome group of friends,” he recalls.

“There was a gymnasium on the school premises, so I made proper use of that. I enjoyed everything about St Alban’s and the values it taught me.”

According to Mbonambi, family played a huge role in his rugby career.

“I always had family and friends supporting me and helping where they could.

“That certainly made a difference, and made me want to work harder to make them all proud.

“I just made the most of every opportunity I got, and, to this day, sees it as a privilege and honour to be able to play this beautiful game of rugby.

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“Disappointments come and go, but I don’t really dwell on them too much. I just make sure that I have no regrets at the end of the day.

“Making the most of every day is what’s important.

“To have some good laughs with family and friends, and to just enjoy rugby while I still can.”

His Super Rugby debut for the Bulls came against the Crusaders in 2012.

“What an amazing feeling!” he enthuses.

“All the excitement and the nerves of the big stage.

“Even though it was only for a few minutes, those are memories that I will cherish forever.”

In 2015, Mbonambi transferred to the Cape with a view to getting more game time, and progressed so much that he made his Springbok debut the following year already, against Ireland in Port Elizabeth.

“Naturally, that was an awesome milestone in my career, and a feeling that one cannot really put into words.”

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winning squad in 2019, and the most special thing about the tournament was having his loved ones by his side.

“Having my wife and daughter over, being able to enjoy some time with them while playing rugby for my country, was out of this world,” he says.

With 73 caps for Stormers under the belt, Mbonambi decided in 2021 to move up the coast to Durban and join the Cell C Sharks.

“I just saw it as an opportunity to grow my game, and to work with world-class players.

“I’m enjoying every minute of being part of this awesome team, and representing the Cell C Sharks in rugby’s major competitions.”

As far as last week’s Vodacom URC loss to the Scarlets and today’s big Heineken Champions Cup encounter with Munster is concerned, Mbonambi is equally philosophical and excited.

“We have had a look at ourselves and all the chances we didn’t take in Llanelli, but we know we can’t dwell too much in the past.

“We have had a good week of preparation for today’s game, and we are looking forward to the challenge and to make our fans proud.”

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OX NCHE

BONGI MBONAMBI

PROP

HOOKER

BORN: 23/07/1995 HEIGHT: 1.73 m

WEIGHT: 114KG

EBEN ETZEBETH LOCK

BORN: 29/10/1991 HEIGHT: 2.03 m

WEIGHT: 117KG

VINCENT TSHITUKA FLANK

BORN: 10/09.1998 HEIGHT: 1.95 m

WEIGHT: 107KG

CURWIN BOSCH F LY H A L F

BORN: 25/06/1997 WEIGHT: 85KG 18 CELL C SHARKS VS MUNSTER HEIGHT: 1.81 m

BORN: 07/01/1991 HEIGHT: 1.75 m

WEIGHT: 108KG

GERBRANDT GROBLER LOCK

BORN: 06/02/1992 HEIGHT: 2.01 m

WEIGHT: 119KG

SIKHUMBUZO NOTSHE EIGHTH MAN

BORN: 28/05/1993 HEIGHT: 1.86 m

WEIGHT: 105KG

MAKAZOLE MAPIMPI WING

BORN:26/07/1990 HEIGHT: 1.84 m

WEIGHT: 91KG

THOMAS DU TOIT PROP

WEIGHT: 134KG

BORN: 05/05/1995 HEIGHT: 1.89 m

SIYA KOLISI FLANK

BORN: 16/06/1991 HEIGHT: 1.88 m

WEIGHT: 103KG

JADEN HENDRIKSE SCRUM-HALF

BORN: 23/03/2000 HEIGHT: 1.79 m

WEIGHT: 87KG

ROHAN JANSE VAN RENSBURG CENTRE

BORN: 11/09/1994 HEIGHT: 1.85 m

WEIGHT: 109KG

CELL C SHARKS PLAYER PROFILES

WERNER KOK

LUKHANYO AM CENTRE

BORN: 28/11/1993 HEIGHT: 1.86 m

BORN: 17/01/1993 HEIGHT: 1.79 m

WEIGHT: 93KG

FULLBACK

WEIGHT: 94KG

WEIGHT: 106KG

BORN: 08/10/1992 HEIGHT: 1.81 m

PROP

BORN: 07/05/1997 HEIGHT: 1.82 m

WEIGHT: 112KG

EMILE VAN HEERDEN

PHEPSI BUTHELEZI

LOCK

LOOSE FORWARD

BEN TAPUAI CENTRE

WEIGHT: 95KG

WEIGHT: 138KG

GRANT WILLIAMS SCRUM-HALF

BORN: 22/07/1996 WEIGHT: 92KG HEIGHT: 1.74m

BORN: 27/03/1992 WEIGHT: 80KG HEIGHT: 1.92m

WEIGHT: 106KG

BORN:19/01/1989 HEIGHT: 1.80 m

CARLU SADIE

PROP PROP

HOOKER

BORN: 8/8/2000 HEIGHT: 1.98 m

BORN: 22/02/1999 WEIGHT: 86KG HEIGHT: 1.81 m

NTUTHUKO MCHUNU

KERRON VAN VUUREN BORN: 23/05/1995 HEIGHT: 1.87 m

BOETA CHAMBERLAIN

WING

THAAKIR ABRAHAMS W I N GC E N T R E

BORN:10/01/2000 HEIGHT: 1.75 m

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CELL C SHARKS BOETA CHAMBERLAIN

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WERNER KOK

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LUKHANYO AM

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ROHAN JANSE VAN RENSBURG

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MAKAZOLE MAPIMPI

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CURWIN BOSCH

10

JADEN HENDRIKSE

09

SIKHUMBUZO NOTSHE

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VINCENT TSHITUKA

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SIYA KOLISI (C)

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GERBRANDT GROBLER

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EBEN ETZEBETH

04

THOMAS DU TOIT

03

BONGI MBONAMBI

02

OX NCHE

01

NEIL POWELL

KERRON VAN VUUREN

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MANAGER

NTUTHUKO MCHUNU

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CARLU SADIE

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EMILE VAN HEERDEN

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PHEPSI BUTHELEZI

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GRANT WILLIAMS

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BEN TAPUAI

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CRAIG CASEY

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GAVIN COOMBES

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JOHN HODNETT

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ROMAN SALANOA

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JOSH WYCHERLEY

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MAJOR MATCHUP

KOLISI V O'MAHONY It’s not only captain versus captain today, in the same position, but national captain versus national captain, as Siya Kolisi and Peter O’Mahony lead the Cell C Sharks and Munster into battle today.

Kolisi boasts 75 tests for South Africa, of which 45 as national skipper.

He was, of course, The Man who led the Springboks to the epic Rugby World Cup title in Japan in 2019, as well as a series victory over the British & Irish Lions in 2021.

As such, Kolisi already rates as one of the great Springbok captains of all time.

And, the 31-year-old is certain to lead both the Cell C Sharks and hunt for the loose ball with aplomb this afternoon.

Peter O’Mahony, closing in on a century of international caps, has captained Ireland on 10 occasions and also the British and Irish Lions in the first test of their series with New Zealand in 2017.

The 33-year-old flanker has tasted heaps of success in the Six Nations since making his Ireland debut in 2012, and has now formed part of a Six Nations title-winning Irish outfit on four occasions, including the recent Grand Slam - their first since 2018.

A born leader who can galvanise those around him, O’Mahony has indeed been a gigantic figure for Irish and Munster rugby for more than a decade.

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MUNSTER PLAYER PROFILES

DAVE KILCOYNE

NIALL SCANNELL

PROP

HOOKER

BORN:14/12/1988 HEIGHT: 1.83 m

WEIGHT: 111KG

JEAN KLEYN LOCK

RG SNYMAN LOCK

BORN:26/08/1993 WEIGHT: 121KG HEIGHT: 2.03 m

JOHN HODNETT

BORN:29/01/1995 HEIGHT: 2.06 m

WEIGHT: 117KG

GAVIN COOMBES EIGHTH MAN

FLANK

BORN: 10/01/1999 HEIGHT: 1.83m

WEIGHT: 111KG

BORN: 8/04/1992 HEIGHT: 1.85m

WEIGHT: 105KG

BORN: 11/12/1997 WEIGHT: 110KG HEIGHT: 1.98m

JACK CROWLEY

SHANE DALY

F LY H A L F

WING

26 BORN: 13/01/2000

HEIGHT: 1.85m

WEIGHT: 89KG

BORN: 19/12/1996 WEIGHT: 92KG HEIGHT: 1.91m

ROMAN SALANOA PROP

BORN: 28/10/1997 WEIGHT: 123KG HEIGHT: 1.83 m

PETER O’MAHONY (C) FLANK

BORN:17/09/1989 WEIGHT: 107KG HEIGHT: 1.91 m

CRAIG CASEY SCRUMHALF

BORN: 19/04/1999 HEIGHT: 1.65 m

WEIGHT: 76KG

MALAKAI FEKITOA CENTRE

BORN: 10/05/1992 HEIGHT: 1.87 m

WEIGHT: 99KG

MUNSTER PLAYER PROFILES

ANTOINE FRISCH

MIKE HALEY

CENTRE

WING

BORN: 1/06/1996 HEIGHT: 1.88 m

WEIGHT: 90KG

CALVIN NASH FULL BACK

BORN: 28/06/1994 WEIGHT: 93KG HEIGHT: 1.91m

DIARMUID BARRON

JOSH WYCHERLEY

HOOKER

PROP

BORN: 6/08/1998 WEIGHT: 98KG HEIGHT: 1.83 m

BORN: 22/07/1999 HEIGHT: 1.83m

PROP

JACK O’DONOGHUE

LOCK

LOOSE FORWARD

WEIGHT: 112KG

BORN:8/2/1994 HEIGHT: 1.91m

JOEY CARBERY F LY H A L F

BORN: 1/11/1995 WEIGHT: 86KG HEIGHT: 1.83m

WEIGHT: 90KG

STEPHEN ARCHER

WEIGHT: 108KG

FINEEN WYCHERLEY BORN: 11/12/1997 HEIGHT: 1.93 m

BORN: 8/08/1997 HEIGHT: 1.78m

BORN: 29/01/2988 WEIGHT: 118KG HEIGHT: 1.88 m

CONOR MURRAY SCRUM-HALF

WEIGHT: 109KG

BORN: 20/04/1989 WEIGHT: 93KG HEIGHT: 1.88m

ALEX KENDELLEN FLANK

BORN: 3/03/2001 HEIGHT: 1.88 m

WEIGHT: 105KG

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FACTS, STATS & TRIVIA

“IT'S A LONG WAY ‘FROM’ TIPPERARY” THE PARISH OF TIPPERARY, FOCAL POINT OF WHAT HAS BEEN DUBBED AS THE MOST FAMOUS IRISH SONG OF ALL, "IT'S A LONG WAY TO TIPPERARY”, IS SITUATED SOME 40 KM SOUTH-EAST OF THOMOND PARK, LIMERICK, WHICH IS THE BASE OF MUNSTER, THE LAST OF THE FOUR REGIONAL RUGBY OUTFITS FROM IRELAND TO FINALLY MAKE ITS WAY TO HOLLYWOODBETS KINGS PARK, DURBAN…

Rugby is a highly popular sport in Limerick, with Munster the pride and joy of the city. Did you know that… *

Munster officially started competing in 1879, although they had already played against Leinster and Ulster as far back as 1875.

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The Munster motto is “To the brave and faithful, nothing is impossible”, which is derived from the motto of the MacCarthy clan, “Forti et Fideli nihil difficile”.

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Munster has won the United Rugby Championship three times, in 2003, 2009 and 2011, and the Heineken Champions Cup twice, in 2006 and 2008.

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Until 2016, when Ireland defeated New Zealand for the first time in history, Munster was the only Irish side to have beaten the All Blacks, when they did so by 12-0 in 1978.

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Last year, Munster beat South Africa ‘A’ 28-14 in front of a Munster record crowd of 41,000 at Cork.

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Over the past 113 years, Munster has produced 36 British and Irish Lions representatives, including three captains, Tom Kiernan, Paul O'Connell and Peter O’Mahony.

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HEINEKEN CHAMPIONS CUP POOL A FIXTURES / RESULTS / LOG R0UND 1

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