Pollard confirmed as Bulls skipper for the Lions derby

2019-02-27 13:17

Cape Town – Old Springbok type security lock, Eli Snyman and former Blitzbok, Dylan Sage, will make the first starts for the Bulls on Saturday when they face the Lions in a Super Rugby derby in Johannesburg.

Snyman joins the regular captain, Jager Lood, who will lose the Jukskei derby due to injury.

Sage replaces the Burger Odendaal and will form a new midfield combination with Jesse Kriel.

Hand pouchmeanwhile, will capitulate the team in the absence of De Jager.

Coach of Bulls, Pot Human also made changes in the bank.

Jannes Kirsten enters Szyman's bench on the bench, while Tim Agaba is also sent off from the bench in place of Thembelani Bholi. Divan Rossouw takes the backline spot unoccupied by Sage.

Duane Vermeulen will take the lead role in the attackers in place of De Jager, who will be out of action for two weeks.

According to Human, the margin of error in competition is such that they need to play a perfect match against their Gauteng enemies.

"We were punished last weekend for not having withheld the ball in the attack and against the Lions, who are so relentless on the counterattack that we can not afford to do it again. and they will come out with all their weapons. " , no doubt. This is going to be a typical derby, where the winner will have to ruin everything. "

Pollard agrees. "We need outwork, outplay and out guts the Lions." They are such a determined and deservedly-led side of the South African conference in the last two years, which we see as an excellent opportunity to take a step forward as a , if we want to do our hard work leading to the competition, pay. "

Teams:

Lions

TBA

Bulls

15 Warrick Gelant, 14 Cornal Hendricks, 13 Jesse Kriel, 12 Dylan Sage, 11 Rosko Specman, 10 Handre Pollard (captain), 9 Embrose Papier, 8 Duane Vermeulen, 7 Hanro Liebenberg, 6 Ruan Steenkamp, ​​5 Eli Snyman, 4 Jason Jenkins 3 Trevor Nyakane, 2 Brits Schalk, 1 Lizo Gqoboka

Substitutes: 16 Corniel Els, 17 Simphiwe Matanzima, 18 Dayan van der Westhuizen, 19 Jannes Kirsten, 20 Tim Agaba, 21 Ivan van Zyl, 22 Manie Libbok, 23 Divan Rossouw