Kurt-Lee Arendse of the Bulls (C) runs with the ball during the United Rugby Championship (URC) final match between South African teams the Stormers from Cape Town and Pretoria Bulls at Cape Town Stadium Springbok Kurt-Lee Arendse makes a welcome return at left wing after he missed out on the Bulls’ United Rugby Championship semi-final against Leinster last week due to injury. Picture: Rodger Bosch/AFP
The Bulls made two changes to their team to face Glasgow Warriors in the final of the United Rugby Championship at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday.
Springbok Kurt-Lee Arendse makes a welcome return at left wing after he missed out on the Bulls’ semi-final against Leinster last week due to injury.
Willie le Roux, meanwhile, will watch the game from the stands as he picked up a concussion last week.
Bulls coach Jake White did not make any changes to his starting forwards pack.
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Earlier on Friday, the Bulls confirmed that tickets had sold out for the clash. Over 51 000 tickets were sold. Only tickets in hospitality suites are still available.
With kick-off at 6pm, Loftus Versfeld will be the centre of sporting action with fan parks broadcasting the Wales versus South Africa Test match from London at 3.30pm.
It will be the first time the Bulls have hosted a major international final since their Super Rugby victory over the Waikato Chiefs in 2009.
For the Bulls, it will be their second appearance in a URC final after losing to the Stormers in 2022.
On Thursday, despite leading the his side to the final of the URC, Bulls coach Jake White lost out the coach of the season to Munster’s Graham Rowntree.
Bulls team: 15 Devon Williams, 14 Sergeal Petersen, 13 David Kriel, 12 Harold Vorster, 11 Kurt-Lee Arendse, 10 Johan Goosen, 9 Embrose Papier, 8 Cameron Hanekom, 7 Elrigh Louw, Marco van Staden, 5 Ruan Nortje (capt), 4 Ruan Vermaak, 3 Wilco Louw, Johan Grobbelaar, 1 Gerhard Steenekamp.
Replacements: 16 Akker van der Merwe, 17 Simphiwe Matanzima, 18 Francois Klopper, 19 Reinhardt Ludwig, 20 Nizaam Carr, 21 Zak Burger, 22 Chris Smith, 23 Cornel Smit.
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