Bulls bring in Bismarck for Stormers clash
TEAM ANNOUNCEMENT: Bulls Director of Rugby Jake White has revealed his team to face the Stormers in a rescheduled United Rugby Championship Round 13 clash in Cape Town on Saturday.
There is just one change to their starting XV that beat Ulster 34-16 last weekend.
It comes in the backline with Lionel Mapoe starting at outside centre.
Cornal Hendricks, who started in the No.13 jersey last time out, drops to the bench to provide backline cover.
Meanwhile, White has decided to include Bismarck du Plessis on the bench after he was involved in the Bulls’ Currie Cup clash against Western Province on Wednesday in Pretoria.
After that clash, WP coach Jerome Paarwater and captain Nama Xaba fumed about an incident involving the Bulls’ World Cup-winning Springbok hooker and WP lock Ben-Jason Dixon.
Video footage appears to show Du Plessis striking the lock in the second half.
The other change on the bench sees Janko Swanepoel come in for Reinhardt Ludwig.
Does Bismarck throw a punch here? #CarlingCurrieCup pic.twitter.com/bBpLMWgciK
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Bulls: 15 Kurt-Lee Arendse, 14 Canan Moodie, 13 Lionel Mapoe, 12 Harold Vorster, 11 Madosh Tambwe, 10 Chris Smith, 9 Zak Burger, 8 Elrigh Louw, 7 Cyle Brink, 6 Marcell Coetzee, 5 Ruan Nortje, 4 Walt Steenkamp, 3 Mornay Smith, 2 Johan Grobbelaar, 1 Gerhard Steenekamp.
Replacements: 16 Bismarck du Plessis, 17 Simphiwe Matanzima, 18 Robert Hunt, 19 Janko Swanepoel, 20 Arno Botha, 21 Keagan Johannes, 22 Morne Steyn, 23 Cornal Hendricks.
Date: Saturday, April 9
Venue: Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town
Kick-off: 14.00 (12.00 GMT)
Referee: Frank Murphy (Ireland)
Assistant referees: AJ Jacobs (South Africa) and Aimee Barrett-Theron (South Africa)
TMO: Marius van der Westhuizen (South Africa)
