Bulls get Botha back
The Bulls received a timely boost, as they head into their bye week – on the back of two crucial wins.
Following defeats in the opening weeks – against the Stormers (17-29) and Hurricanes (13-17) – the men from Pretoria beat the Sharks (43-35) and Cheetahs (39-20) to move from 14th to fifth on the standings.
This week's will help the squad to get rid of little niggles, aches and pains.
And the additional good news is that Springbok loose forward Arno Botha is available for Super Rugby against, after having played off the bench for the Blue Bulls in the Vodacom Cup this past weekend.
The rest will also result in a break for Callie Visagie (ribs), Pieter Labuschagne (SC joint) and Jacques-Louis Potgieter (hamstring) – who will all again train next Monday.
The long-term injury list remains the same, but Burger Odendaal is now only two weeks away from returning to action, following a knee injury.
The rest of the list includes Duncan Matthews (knee, September), Flip van der Merwe (pectoral, April), William Small-Smith (foot, two months), Pierre Schoeman (ACL knee, July), Bandise Maku (pectoral, August), Werner Kruger (ankle, 10 weeks) and Carlo Engelbrecht (ankle, 10 weeks).
