TEAM ANNOUNCEMENT: Bulls Director of Rugby Jake White has named his team to face the Stormers in Cape Town on Saturday.
After weeks of speculation, the former Springbok coach made a bold choice and handed the No.10 jersey to Willie Le Roux.
The Springbok veteran had a cameo at flyhalf from the bench against the Lions two weeks ago.
The game was in the balance till the 50th minute – the Lions leading 17-13, but with the introduction of Le Roux at flyhalf along with Akker van der Merwe and Canan Moodie, the contest changed instantly.
The Pretoria side scored three tries in a 10-minute blitz to take control of a game that had the potential to go pear-shaped.
Le Roux will partner with Embrose Papier as the halfback combo.
*More to follow…
Bulls: 15 Devon Williams, 14 Canan Moodie, 13 David Kriel, 12 Harold Vorster, 11 Sergeal Petersen, 10 Willie le Roux, 9 Embrose Papier, 8 Cameron Hanekom, 7 Reinhardt Ludwig, 6 Marcell Coetzee (captain), 5 JF van Heerden, 4 Cobus Wiese, 3 Wilco Louw, 2 Johann Grobbelaar, 1 Jan-Hendrik Wessels
Replacements: 16 Akker van der Merwe, 17 Gerhard Steenekamp, 18 Francois Klopper, 19 Ruan Vermaak, 20 Nizaam Carr, 21 Zak Burger, 22 Boeta Chamberlain, 23 Sebastian de Klerk
Date: Saturday, February 8
Venue: Cape Town Stadium, Green Point
Kick-off: 14.00; 12.00 GMT
Referee: Morné Ferreira (South Africa)
Assistant referees: Griffin Colby (South Africa), Sean Muller (South Africa)
TMO: Quinton Immelman (South Africa)
