Bulls coach Phiwe Nomlomo named seven debutants, of whom six players are Under-21s, in Saturday’s season-opening Currie Cup match against Western Province.
Bulls coach Phiwe Nomlomo named seven debutants, of whom six players are Under-21s, in Saturday’s season-opening Currie Cup match against Western Province.
The seven debutants are Shaun Schurmann, Jean Erasmus, Jaco Grobbelaar, Dylan de Leeuw, Steven Nel, PA van Niekerk and Marco Ferreira.
“The players have trained well,” said Nomlomo ahead of the new season.
The 23-man squad for the weekend appears rich with promise, led by breakdown fiend Nama Xaba, who will have experienced players like Marvin Orie, Zak Burger, and Jeandré Rudolph to call on.
The players have trained well,” said Nomlomo. “It’s full-on excitement at the minute. There’s a really great vibe in the team, but there will be nerves. I’m not really a nervous guy. I’ll embrace what comes, when it comes
Nomlomo says they’re not looking too deeply into WP’s performance last year, where they ended the campaign seventh with just three wins from their 10 matches.
We think there’ll be a fair bit of a crowd to be honest, so they’ll have good support. They’ll be full of grit and they’ve got a good mixture. They’ve got U21s, club players, varsity players so I think they’ll be full of really good energy. So we have to be really well prepared for that.”
The 23-man squad for the weekend appears rich with promise, led by breakdown fiend Nama Xaba, who will have experienced players like Marvin Orie, Zak Burger and Jeandre Rudolph to call on.
Bulls: 15 Henry Immelman, 14 Katlego Letebele, 13 Stedman Gans, 12 Chris Barend Smit, 11 Stravino Jacobs, 10 Boeta Chamberlain, 9 Zak Burger, 8 Jeandré Rudolph, 7 Junior Pokomela, 6 Nama Xaba (captain), 5 Marvin Orie, 4 Sintu Manjezi, 3 Francois Klopper, 2 Joe van Zyl, 1 Dylan Smith.
Replacements: 16 Shaun Schurmann, 17 Lizo Gqoboka, 18 Jean Erasmus, 19 Jaco Grobbelaar, 20 Dylan de Leeuw, 21 Steven Nel, 22 PA van Niekerk, 23 Marco Ferreira
Date: Saturday, July 26
Venue: Cape Town Stadium, Green Point
Kick-off: 17.10 (15.10 GMT)
Referee: Sean Muller (South Africa)
Assistant referees: Hanru van Rooyen (South Africa), Charlwin Daries (South Africa)
TMO: Egon Seconds (South Africa)
