SURPRISE SELECTION: Bulls move Willie le Roux to new position
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Willie le Roux will start at flyhalf for the Bulls when they take on the Stormers at Cape Town Stadium on Saturday afternoon.
Much-like the Stormers, the Bulls have a plethora of injuries to deal with, meaning they’ll head into this fierce derby well short of full-strength.
But as one does in situations like this, White has improvised by chopping and changing the make-up of his starting lineup.
Following his stellar cameo at flyhalf against the Lions a fortnight ago has earned him a rare selection in that playmaker role for Saturday’s derby, with Boeta Chamberlain providing cover off the bench.
Staying in the backline, Springbok wing Canan Moodie will earn his 50th URC cap for the Bulls.
Up front, Jan-Hendrik Wessels cracks the nod at loosehead prop at the expense of Gerhard Steenekamp; an lock JF van Heerden and flank Reinhardt Ludwig comes in as injury replacements for the Bulls' injured co-captains Ruan Nortje and Elrigh Louw.
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 (c), 5 JF van Heerden, 4 Cobus Wiese, 3 Wilco Louw, 2 Johann Grobbelaar, 1 Jan-Hendrik Wessels.
Bench: 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.
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