Having a look at the following teams for the Currie Cup clash on Friday night at ABSA Park in Durban,  one can’t help but get excited. Here are the respective teams:

Sharks:                                               

15 -  Stefan Terblanche; 14 - JP Pietersen; 13 - Waylon Murray; 12 - Andries Strauss; 11 - Henno Mentz; 10 - Brad Barrit; 9 - Rory Kockott; 8 - Jacques Botes; 7 - Steven Sykes; 6 - Keegen Daniel; 5 - Alistair Hargreaves; 4 - Johann Muller (c); 3 - Jannie du Plessis; 2 - Craig Burden; 1 - Deon Carstens. Replacements: Skipper Badenhorst; Robbie Harris; Albert van den Berg; Skholiwe Ndlovo; Scott Mathie; Lwazi Mvovo; Andrew Borgen

Western Province:

15 - Gio Aplon; 14 - Wylie Human; 13 - Dylan de Fountain; 12 - PJ Vermeulen; 11 - Joe Pietersen; 10 - Willem de Waal; 9 - Alistair Siegelaar; 8 - AJ Venter; 7 - Francois Louw; 6 - Pieter Myburgh; 5 - Ross Skeate; 4 - Adriaan Fondse; 3 - Brock Harris; 2 - Deon Fourie; 1 - Schalk Ferreira. Replacements: Simon Westraadt; Wicus Blaauw; Ruan de Preez; Francois van der Merwe; Justin Melck; Paul Delport; Zahier Ryland.