Rugby World Cup
Namibia name side for Fiji Test
ESPNscrum Staff
September 7, 2011
Saracens No.8 Jacques Burger takes the ball to Northampton, Saracens v Northampton Saints, Aviva Premiership, Vicerage Road, Watford, England, September 26, 2010
Saracens flanker Burger will captain the side at openside © Getty Images
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Namibia have announced their side for the clash with Fiji in Rotorua on Saturday.

Coach Johan Diergaardt has made seven changes from their last run-out - against Georgia in the European Nations Cup in Bucharest back in June. Saracens flanker Jacques Burger will captain the side as one of the few professionals in the Namibian squad.

In other changes to the side, wingers Danie Dames and Conrad Marais come into the XV and they are joined by inside centre Piet Van Zyl, Theuns Kotze, tight-head prop Raoul Larson and hooker Hugo Horn. Eugene Jantjies shifts from fly-half to scrum-half to accommodate Kotze.

The two teams previously met in the 1999 World Cup in Beziers with Fiji prevailing 67-18.

Namibia: Chrysander Botha, Danie Dames, Danie Van Wyk, Piet Van Zyl, Conrad Marais, Theuns Kotze, Eugene Jantjies; Johnnie Redelinghuys, Hugo Horn, Raoul Larson, Heinz Koll, Nico Esterhuyse, Tinus Du Plessis, Jacques Burger, Jacques Nieuwenhuis

Replacements: Bertus O'Callaghan, Jané Du Toit, Pieter Jan van Lill, Rohan Kitshoff, Ryan De La Harpe, Darryl De La Harpe, Llewellyn Winkler.

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