After five poor results in a row, the Bulls need a win here to keep a smattering of pressure on the Sharks in the hunt for the SA Conference title.
The Cheetahs, flush from a good victory over the Stormers, will have other ideas.
Kick-off at Loftus is at 17h05.
Vodacom Bulls: 15 Jurgen Visser, 14 Akona Ndungane, 13 William Small-Smith, 12 Jan Serfontein, 11 Bjorn Basson, 10 Handré Pollard, 9 Francois Hougaard, 8 Grant Hattingh, 7 Jacques du Plessis, 6 Jono Ross, 5 Victor Matfield (captain), 4 Paul Willemse, 3 Marcel van der Merwe, 2 Callie Visagie, 1 Dean Greyling.
Replacements: 16 Mbongeni Mbonambi, 17 Morné Mellett, 18 Werner Kruger, 19 Jacques Engelbrecht, 20 Wimpie van der Walt, 21 Rudy Paige, 22 Jacques-Louis Potgieter, 23 Johannes Engelbrecht.
Toyota Cheetahs: 15 Hennie Daniller, 14 Raymond Rhule, 13 Johann Sadie, 12 Ryno Benjamin, 11 Willie le Roux, 10 Elgar Watts, 9 Sarel Pretorius, 8 Johannes Prinsloo, 7 Jean Cook, 6 Heinrich Brussow, 5 Francois Uys, 4 Andries Ferreira, 3 Nicolaas van Dyk, 2 Adriaan Strauss (captain), 1 Caylib Oosthuizen.
Replacements: 16 Torsten van Jaarsveld, 17 Trevor Nyakane, 18 Coenie Oosthuizen, 19 Rynhardt Landman, 20 Teboho Mohoje, 21 Shaun Venter, 22 Johan Goosen, 23 Cornal Hendricks.
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go cheetahs
@Gerhardt (Comment 1) : ja Go Cheetahs a 15 point buffer would do nicely.
Seems like another close game. Cheetahs lead 13-9.
Cheetahs lead 18-9 halftime.
Vodacom Bulls 26 – 21 Toyota Cheetahs
Result
@Son Of Mayhem (Comment 5) : ag well there’s always next year to win Superbru!!!
Can not stand the bias of SuperSport, Sharks winning the league never get a compliment, other 4 teams bottom of the table, not a foot wrong.
Cheetahs almost did the Sharks a huge favour. Pity Benjamin could not hold on to the ball.
Well done Bulls. Showed a lot of heart to beat a game Cheetahs side.
I have to say Pollard is starting to look better every week. I still cannot believe the Bulls selected the limited Fouche ahead of him at the start of the competition. Hougaard is also looking a lot better now.
Yeah hougaard is looking better, but still got some way to go. Pollard also looking better. Bulls still need that opensider……cause brussow was a handful