Thursday 16 July 2015

Preview: EP Kings vs Blue Bulls

The Eastern Province Kings are set to face the Blue Bulls in their first Currie Cup friendly tomorrow evening at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth.

Both teams have a mix of youth and experience.

The Kings welcome back some familiar faces in Jacques Engelbrecht, who is on loan from the Bulls, Steven Sykes, Schalk Ferreira and Luke Watson who is set to make an appearance off the bench after a lengthy injury layoff.

The Bulls have also send an experienced team which includes Springboks, Francios Hougaard (35 caps), Flip van der Merwe (35caps), Deon Stegmann (6 caps), Werner Kruger (4 caps), Dean Greyling (3 caps) and Arno Botha (2 caps).

Kick-off is at 19:00.

EP Kings:

15 Scott van Breda 14 Siviwe Soyizwapi 13 Ronnie Cooke 12 Tim Whitehead (Captain) 11 Luther Obi 10 George Whitehead 9 Kevin Luiters 8 Tim Agaba 7 Jacques Engelbrecht 6 Thembelani Bholi 5 Steven Sykes 4 Stefan Willemse 3 Basil Short 2 Michael van Vuuren 1 Schalk Ferreira

Replacements:

16 Albe de Swardt 17 Tom Botha 18 Cameron Lindsay 19 Luke Watson 20 Enrico Acker 21 Karlo Aspeling 22 Tythan Adams 23 Lizo Gqoboka 24 Tazz Fuzani 25 JP du Plessis 26 Marlou van Niekerk

Blue Bulls:

15 Warrick Gelant 14 Travis Ismaiel 13 William Small-Smith 12 Daniel Kriel 11 Jamba Ulengo 10 Tian Schoeman 9 Francois Hougaard 8 Arno Botha 7 Jannes Kirsten 6 Deon Stegmann 5 Marvin Orie 4 Flip van der Merwe (Captain) 3 Werner Kruger 2 Jaco Visagie 1 Morné Mellett

Replacements:

16 Corniel Els 17 Dean Greyling 18 Nqoba Mxoli 19 RG Snyman 20 Clyde Davids 21 Roelof Smit 22 Ivan van Zyl 23 Marais Schmidt 24 Dries Swanepoel 25 Jade Stighling 26 Kefentse Mahlo

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