Makazole Mapimpi URC Sharks

Makazole Mapimpi and Lukhanyo Am. Photo: Willem Loock/BackpagePix

FULL TEAM LISTS: Boks aplenty for two big URC derbies

Numerous Springboks will be in action when the Stormers host the Sharks, and the Bulls tackle the Lions, in the URC on Saturday.

Makazole Mapimpi URC Sharks

Makazole Mapimpi and Lukhanyo Am. Photo: Willem Loock/BackpagePix

The four South African teams will look to make up valuable ground on the United Rugby Championship (URC) log this weekend as they take the field with a number of games in hand against most of the overseas franchises.

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In a repeat of last week’s matches at alternate venues, the Bulls will host the Lions in Pretoria at 15:00 and the Stormers will meet the Sharks in Cape Town at 17:05, with both encounters being broadcast live on SuperSport.

The South African sides will go head-to-head in gripping local derbies in the next two rounds, as they make up for their URC matches that were cancelled late last year due to the travel restrictions.

You can see all the team lists for the four South African URC teams below:

Bulls – 15 Kurt-Lee Arendse, 14 Canan Moodie13 Lionel Mapoe12 Harold Vorster11 Madosh Tambwe 10 Morné Steyn9 Zak Burger 8 Elrigh Louw7 Arno Botha6 Marcell Coetzee (c)5 Ruan Nortje4 Walt Steenkamp3 Jacques van Rooyen2 Johan Grobbelaa1 Simphiwe Matanzima.
Subs: 16 Bismarck du Plessis17 Lizo Gqoboka18 Robert Hunt19 Janko Swanepoel20 Muller Uys, 21 Embrose Papier22 Chris Smith23 Cornal Hendricks.

Lions – 15 Divan Rossouw, 14 Stean Pienaar, 13 Manuel Rass, 12 Matt More, 11 Edwill van der Merwe, 10 Tiaan Swanepoel, 9 Andre Warner, 8 Francke Horn, 7 Emmanuel Tshituka, 6 Jaco Kriel (c),  5 Ruben Schoeman, 4 Ruhan Straeuli, 3 Carlu Sadie, 2 PJ Botha, 1 Sti Sithole.
Subs: 16 Morne Brandon, 17 Morgan Naude, 18 Ruan Dreyer, 19 Ruan Venter, 20 PJ Steenkamp, 21 Morne van den Berg, 22 EW Viljoen, 23 Quan Horn.

Stormers – 15 Warrick Gelant, 14 Angelo Davids, 13 Ruhan Nel, 12 Dan du Plessis, 11 Seabelo Senatla, 10 Manie Libbok, 9 Herschel Jantjies, 8 Hacjivah Dayimani, 7 Ernst van Rhyn, 6 Deon Fourie, 5 Marvin Orie, 4 Adre Smith, 3 Brok Harris, 2 Scarra Ntubeni, 1 Steven Kitshoff (c)
Subs: 16 Andre-Hugo Venter, 17 Leon Lyons, 18 Sazi Sandi, 19 Ben-Jason Dixon, 20 Marcel Theunissen, 21 Nama Xaba, 22 Paul de Wet, 23 Damian Willemse.

Sharks – Aphelele Fassi, 14 Sbu Nkosi, 13 Jeremy Ward, 12 Lukhanyo Am (c), 11 Makazole Mapimpi, 10 Tito Bonilla, 9 Jaden Hendrikse, 8 Phepsi Buthelezi, 7 Jeandre Labuschaghe, 6 Siya Kolisi, 5 Hyron Andrews, 4 Ruben van Heerden, 3 Thomas du Toit, 2 Bongi Mbonambi, 1 Ox Nche.
Subs: 16 Kerron van Vuuren, 17 Ntuthuko Mchunu, 18 Khutha Mchunu, 19 Gerbrandt Grobler, 20 Henco Venter, 21 Grant Williams, 22 Boeta Chamberlain, 23 Werner Kok.

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