United Rugby Championship URC Bulls v Lions

A number of Springboks will be in action when the Bulls tackle the Lions and the Stormers host the Sharks in the URC on Saturday. Photo: Anton Geyser/Gallo Images

TEAM LINEUPS: SA derbies highlight ‘Super Saturday’ of URC action

A number of Springboks will be in action when the Bulls tackle the Lions and the Stormers host the Sharks in the URC on Saturday.

United Rugby Championship URC Bulls v Lions

A number of Springboks will be in action when the Bulls tackle the Lions and the Stormers host the Sharks in the URC on Saturday. Photo: Anton Geyser/Gallo Images

A number of Springboks will be in action when the Bulls tackle the Lions and the Stormers host the Sharks in the United Rugby Championship (URC) on Saturday, 5 February.

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The four South African teams will look to make up valuable ground on the log this weekend as they take the field with a number of matches in hand over the majority of their overseas opponents.

In a reversal of last weekend’s matches, the Bulls will host the Lions at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria (15:00), while the Stormers will meet the Sharks in Cape Town at 17:05.

Both encounters will be broadcast live on SuperSport – but, as always, the BEST place to follow the matches will be on The South African website!

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A number of Springboks will be in action when the Bulls tackle the Lions and the Stormers host the Sharks in the URC on Saturday. Photo: SA Rugby website

UNITED RUGBY CHAMPIONSHIP (URC)

Bulls v Lions, Pretoria – 15:00

Referee: Aimee Barrett-Theron

Prediction: Bulls by 19 points

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 (captain)5 Ruan Nortje4 Walt Steenkamp3 Jacques van Rooyen2 Johan Grobbelaa1 Simphiwe Matanzima

Substitutes: 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 (captain),  5 Ruben Schoeman, 4 Ruhan Straeuli, 3 Carlu Sadie, 2 PJ Botha, 1 Sti Sithole

Substitutes: 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 v Sharks, Cape Town Stadium – 17:05

Referee: AJ Jacobs

Prediction: Sharks by 4 points

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 (captain)

Substitutes: 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 (captain), 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

Substitutes: 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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