RECAP: Bulls v Lions
READERS’ FORUM: Welcome to our live coverage of the United Rugby Championship Round Nine encounter between the Bulls and Lions at Loftus Versfeld.
Can the Lions bounce back from last week’s disaster?
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Teams:
Lions: 15 Divan Rossouw, 14 Stean Pienaar, 13 Manuel Rass, 12 Matt More, 11 Edwill van der Merwe, 10 Tiaan Swanepoel, 9 Andre Warner, 8 Francke Horn, 7 PJ Steenkamp, 6 Jaco Kriel (captain), 5 Ruben Schoeman, 4 Ruhan Straeuli, 3 Carlu Sadie, 2 Pieter Botha, 1 Sithembiso Sithole.
Replacements: 16 Morne Brandon, 17 Morgan Naude, 18 Ruan Dreyer, 19 Ruan Venter, 20 Sibusiso Sangweni, 21 Morne van den Berg, 22 EW Viljoen, 23 Quan Horn.
Bulls: 15 Kurt-Lee Arendse, 14 Canan Moodie, 13 Lionel Mapoe, 12 Harold Vorster, 11 Madosh Tambwe, 10 Morné Steyn, 9 Zak Burger, 8 Elrigh Louw, 7 Arno Botha, 6 Marcell Coetzee (captain), 5 Ruan Nortje, 4 Walt Steenkamp, 3 Jacques van Rooyen, 2 Johan Grobbelaar, 1 Simphiwe Matanzima.
Replacements: 16 Bismarck du Plessis, 17 Lizo Gqoboka, 18 Robert Hunt, 19 Janko Swanepoel, 20 Muller Uys, 21 Embrose Papier, 22 Chris Smith, 23 Cornal Hendricks.
Referee: Aimee Barrett-Theron (South Africa)
Assistant referees: Rasta Rasivhenge (South Africa), Ashleigh Murray (South Africa)
TMO: Marius van der Westhuisen (South Africa)
