The Stormers team to play the Bulls at Loftus has been announced. Jean De Villiers leads the team in the absence of Schalk Burger who has a calf injury.
On-loan Lions Jaco Taute and Elton Jantjies start at fullback and flyhalf respectively while prop Pat Cilliers starts at loosehead prop after also joining from the Lions albeit on a permanent contract. Damian de Allende is at inside centre after playing there in the 2012 Currie Cup final.
The team is as follows:
15. Jaco Taute
14. Gio Aplon
13. Jean de Villiers (captain)
12. Damian de Allende
11. Bryan Habana
10. Elton Jantjies
9. Nic Groom
8. Duane Vermeulen
7. Rynhardt Elstadt
6. Siya Kolisi
5. Andries Bekker
4. De Kock Steenkamp
3. Pat Cilliers
2. Deon Fourie
1. Steven Kitshoff
Reserves:
16. Martin Bezuidenhout
17. Frans Malherbe
18. Don Armand
19. Nizaam Carr
20. Dewaldt Duvenage
21. Gerhard van den Heever
22. Joe Pietersen
Good team!
this team will put a smile on the stormers supporters faces.very good on paper will only see what they will do on the field
Unfair team.
good team very dangerous looking
Light five
Interesting to see Nic Groom ahead of Duvenhage…but glad to see that Jantjies is getting a start to show what he can do.