Western Province vs Bulls: Currie Cup LIVE scores

Western Province host the Bulls in the primetime Currie Cup Premier division clash.

Western Province vs Bulls: Live scores

Bulls Director of Rugby, Jake White will see his young Currie Cup leader, Reinhardt Ludwig, lead a forward’s pack that has Gerhard Steenekamp (loose-head prop), Jan-Hendrik Wessels (hooker) and Francois Klopper (tight-head prop) in the front, supported by Charlie Ewels and Janko Swanepoel at lock. Ludwig (open-side flanker) will line up alongside Marco van Staden (blind-side flanker) and WJ Steenkamp (eight-man) with Keagan Johannes and Johan Goosen combining at halfback. David Kriel (left) and Wandisile Simelane (right) will be looking to burn their burners at wing with Cornal Hendricks (inside) and Stedman Gans (outside) lacing up their boots as the centre pairing whilst creative playmaker, Kurt-Lee Arendse will provide reinforcement at full-back.

The herd will have an impact squad ready to provide support in the form of Simphiwe Matanzima, Johan Grobbelaar, Mornay Smith, Ruan Vermaak, Cyle Brink, Embrose Papier, Chris Smith and Harold Vorster.

The two teams meet currently separated by a single point on the log, with the Vodacom Bulls in fifth place on 17 points after 7 games.

TEAMS

WP: 15 Clayton Blommetjies, 14 Luke Burger, 13 Cornel Smit, 12 Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, 11 Angelo Davids, 10 Jean-Luc du Plessis (captain), 9 Godlen Masimla, 8 Keke Morabe, 7 Marcel Theunissen, 6 Willie Engelbrecht, 5 Connor Evans, 4 Dylan de Leeuw, 3 Lee-Marvin Mazibuko, 2 Siyabonga Ntubeni, 1 Alistair Vermaak.

Replacements: 16 Andre-Hugo Venter, 17 Kwenzo Blose, 18 Corne Weilbach, 19 Gary Porter, 20 Adre Smith, 21 Junior Pokomela, 22 Thomas Bursey, 23 Damian Markus.

Bulls: 15 Kurt-Lee Arendse, 14 Wandisile Simelane, 13 Stedman Gans, 12 Cornal Hendricks, 11 David Kriel, 10 Johan Goosen, 9 Keagan Johannes, 8 WJ Steenkamp, 7 Reinhardt Ludwig (captain), 6 Marco van Staden, 5 Janko Swanepoel, 4 Charlie Ewels, 3 Francois Klopper, 2 Jan-Hendrik Wessels, 1 Gerhard Steenekamp.

Replacements: 16 Simphiwe Matanzima, 17 Johan Grobbelaar, 18 Mornay Smith, 19 Ruan Vermaak, 20 Cyle Brink, 21 Embrose Papier, 22 Chris Smith, 23 Harold Vorster.

Referee: Morne Ferreira

Assistant Referees: Local

TMO: Marius Jonker