Ackermann set to finallystart a game for the Sharks.(Sports)

BYLINE: MIKE GREENAWAY

DURBAN: Johan Ackermann's latest comeback has had many false dawns during the past month, but he will "almost certainly" play against the Cheetahs on Saturday, Sharks coach Dick Muir has said.

"We have called him up and it looks like he will start for (captain) Johann Muller," Muir told a news conference at the Absa Stadium yesterday. "(Muller) is nursing a calf injury, so we have asked (Ackermann) to join us."

The veteran, now employed by a Cape petroleum company, would initially have joined the KwaZulu-Natal franchise for their final tour match against the Crusaders following the injury to Steven Sykes in the fixture against …