The 4 South African sides will be seeking to construct on their profitable momentum from final weekend after they line up this coming weekend throughout the third spherical of the United Rugby Championship (URC), which kicks off on Friday night when the Bulls host Connacht from 18h30 at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria.
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Two hours later the Lions will be operating out for his or her second URC tour match in the UK, towards Cardiff in the Welsh capital (20h35), with the Joburg crew keen so as to add a second abroad scalp on their away leg after they beat the Ospreys final weekend.
The different two SA teams in the competitors, the defending champion Stormers and the Sharks, are each in motion on Saturday.
In the early afternoon fixture beginning at 14h00, the Stormers will open a busy fixture listing after they welcome Edinburgh to the DHL Stadium in Cape Town for the first recreation of the new season at their house stadium after they opened the season final week with a 38-15 conquer Irish facet Connacht in Stellenbosch.
The Sharks spherical off the third-round motion after they face the Dragons from 20h35 at Rodney Park in Newport. All the motion will be broadcast dwell on SuperSport.
In Pretoria the Bulls will be aiming to make it three URC wins on the bounce on Friday night towards Connacht. Marcell Coetzee’s facet are sitting in third spot on the log on account of two earlier wins, however Connacht will eye an improved efficiency from their Stellenbosch show.
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Stormers –15 Clayton Blommetjies, 14 Suleiman Hartzenberg, 13 Dan du Plessis, 12 Damian Willemse, 11 Angelo Davids, 10 Manie Libbok, 9 Paul de Wet, 8 Evan Roos, 7 Hacjivah Dayimani, 6 Deon Fourie, 5 Marvin Orie (c), 4 Salmaan Moerat, 3 Neethling Fouche, 2 Joseph Dweba, 1 Ali Vermaak.
Subs: 16 Andre-Hugo Venter, 17 Brok Harris, 18 Sazi Sandi, 19 Adre Smith, 20 Ernst van Rhyn, 21 Junior Pokomela, 22 Herschel Jantjies, 23 Sacha Mngomezulu.
Sharks – 15 Aphelele Fassi, 14 Werner Kok, 13 Rohan Janse van Rensburg, 12 Ben Tapuai, 11 Thaakir Abrahams, 10 Boeta Chamerlain, 9 Grant Williams, 8 Phepsi Buthelezi, 7 Dylan Richardson, 6 James Venter, 5 Reniel Hugo, 4 Justin Basson, 3 Thomas du Toit (c), 2 Kerron van Vuuren, 1 Ntuthuko Mchunu.
Subs: 16 Dan Jooste, 17 Dian Bleuler, 18 Carlu Sadie, 19 Hyron Andrews, 20 Sikhumbuzo Notshe, 21 Cameron Wright, 22 Marnus Potgieter, 23 Anthony Volmink.
Bulls – 15 Kurt-Lee Arendse, 14 Canan Moodie, 13 Cornal Hendricks, 12 David Kriel, 11 Sbu Nkosi, 10 Johan Goosen, 9 Zak Burger, 8 Elrigh Louw, 7 Marco van Staden, 6 Marcell Coetzee, 5 Ruan Nortje, 4 Walt Steenkamp, 3 Francois Klopper, 2 Johan Grobbelaar, 1 Gerhard Steenekamp.
Subs: 16 Jan-Hendrik Wessels, 17 Simphiwe Matanzima, 18 Mornay Smith, 19 Janko Swanepoel, 20 Reinhardt Ludwig,21 Embrose Papier, 22 Chris Smith, 23 Lionel Mapoe.
Lions – 15 Andries Coetzee, 14 Edwill van der Merwe, 13 Henco van Wyk, 12 Marius Louw, 11 Quan Horn, 10 Gianni Lombard, 9 Sanele Nohamba, 8 Franke Horn, 7 Emmanuel Tshituka, 6 Sibusiso Sangweni, 5 Reinhard Nothnagel (c), 4 Pieter Jansen van Vuren, 3 Ruan Dreyer, 2 PJ Botha, 1 Sti Sithole.
Subs: 16 Jaco Visagie, 17 JP Smith, 18 Ruan Smith, 19 Ruan Venter, 20 Ruhan Straeuli, 21 Morne van den Berg, 22 Jordan Hendrikse, 23 Zander du Plessis.
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URC match info:
Vodacom Bulls vs Connacht
Date: Friday, 30 September
Venue: Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
SA Time: 18h30
Referee: Andrea Piardi (Italy)
TV: SuperSport
Cardiff vs Emirates Lions
Date: Friday, 30 September
Venue: Cardiff Arms Park, Cardiff
SA Time: 20h35
Referee: Sam Grove-White (Scotland)
TV: SuperSport
DHL Stormers vs Edinburgh
Date: Saturday, 1 October
Venue: DHL Stadium, Cape Town
SA Time: 14h00
Referee: Frank Murphy (Ireland)
TV: SuperSport
Dragons vs Cell C Sharks
Date: Saturday, 1 October
Venue: Rodney Parade, Newport
SA Time: 20h35
Referee: Ben Blain (Scotland)
TV: SuperSport
