SOME of the Free State Cheetahs players will go into Thurday night’s Currie Cup clash against the Golden Lions in Bloemfontein with added motivation, knowing that the Springbok selectors are keeping a close watch on them.Loosehead prop Ox Nche and centre Francois Venter are in line to feature in the Bok team for the end-of-year tour to the UK later in 2016. Venter has apparently been informed to get his passport sorted out.Venter’s inclusion would give coach Allister Coetzee better midfield options where he is missing a settled partnership. The fact that Venter is adept at first and second centre gives the selectors more reason to include him in their plans.Although Nche’s Super Rugby opportunities were limited this season, he relished the game time coach Franco Smith afforded him in the Currie Cup.Nche, whose nickname is a throwback to the other great Free State loosehead, Os du Randt, is a hard ball-carrier and reliable scrummager. He is confrontational in the loose and more often...
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