[2017 Super Rugby] Round 16: Sharks vs. Bulls (30/06/2017)

[TRF_heineken]

Venue: Growthpoint Kings Park
Time:19:00 CAT (SA, GMT+2)
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Teams

Sharks: 15 Curwin Bosch, 14 Odwa Ndungane, 13 S'bura Sithole, 12 Andre Esterhuizen, 11 Sbu Nkosi, 10 Garth April, 9 Cobus Reinach, 8 Daniel du Preez, 7 Tera Mtembu, 6 Philip van der Walt (captain), 5 Stephan Lewies, 4 Etienne Oosthuizen, 3 Coenie Oosthuizen, 2 Franco Marais, 1 Thomas du Toit

Substitutes: 16 Chiliboy Ralepelle, 17 Juan Schoeman, 18 Lourens Adriaanse, 19 Hyron Andrews, 20 Jacques Vermeulen, 21 Michael Claassens, 22 Jeremy Ward, 23 Marius Louw

Bulls: 15 Warrick Gelant, 14 Duncan Matthews, 13 Jesse Kriel, 12 Jan Serfontein, 11 Kefentse Mahlo, 10 Tony Jantjies, 9 Rudy Paige, 8 Nic de Jager, 7 Jannes Kirsten, 6 Ruan Steenkamp, 5 RG Snyman, 4 Jason Jenkins, 3 Conraad Van Vuuren, 2 Adriaan Strauss (captain), 1 Pierre Schoeman

Substitutes: 16 Jaco Visagie, 17 Lizo Gqoboka, 18 Johnroy Jenkins, 19 Shuan Adendorff, 20 Renaldo Bothma, 21 Andre Warner, 22 Burger Odendaal, 23 Tian Schoeman

 

[Big_Grumper]

Presumably both teams will have their internationals back? I can't see anything other than a Sharks victory.

 

[TRF_heineken]

Presumably both teams will have their internationals back? I can't see anything other than a Sharks victory.

Yes, and the Bulls have been hit by a lot of injuries.

The Bulls have however got Pollard and Roelof Smit back. But my suspicion is that they will maybe not play this game, and rather play in the SS Championships to get them back to full fitness...

Bulls top 4 wingers are all out injured.

 

[Big_Grumper]

Do the Bulls still have that camouflage green changed kit they occasional play in? I tried to get one a few years ago to add to my collection of SA shirts but couldn't find one.

 

[TRF_heineken]

Do the Bulls still have that camouflage green changed kit they occasional play in? I tried to get one a few years ago to add to my collection of SA shirts but couldn't find one.

Nope, was just that one year... Thank goodness for that...

 

[TRF_heineken]

Both teams added to the OP.

The Bulls look a bit light for me. A lot of youngsters in the team.

Think the Sharks will win by 10+

 

[Cruz_del_Sur]

Those were two of the most obvious fwd passes i ve seen ina while.

 

[Cruz_del_Sur]

Good bloody lord. God knows i d like to make fun of H but it s as if the fwd pass and off side rule didnt apply to the sharks

 

[Big_Grumper]

This isn't going as I'd expected.....

 

[JohnKA]

Pride is lacking at the Sharks ,,,,, sad .

 

[TRF_heineken]

Wow! Best game the Bulls played all season. Jan Serfontein keeping up his great form and Gelant was just awesome at fullback.

Seems like the guys are trying to show Mitchell who are worthy...