Currie Cup: Blue Bulls - Free State Cheetahs @ Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria (23-07-2011)

[TRF_Ezequiel]

Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria (23-07-2011, 16:05 GMT)

Things just don’t get any easier for the Bulls, with the Cheetahs coming to Loftus to try and add a second loss to Pine Pienaar’s Currie Cup scorecard. The Bulls have made no changes to the side that was manhandled by the Sharks and it will take a braver man than I to predict a victory for the home side here. The visitors, though, have a late fitness concern to flyhalf Sias Ebersohn, which could even things up a bit. I still see the Cheetahs winning, by around 7.

Blue Bulls: 15 Jurgen Visser, 14 Gerhard van den Heever, 13 Stephan Dippenaar, 12 Stefan Watermeyer, 11 Akona Ndungane, 10 Francois Brummer, 9 Dustin Jinka, 8 Gerrit-Jan van Velze, 7 Dewald Potgieter, 6 Derick Kuün, 5 Juandré Kruger, 4 Fudge Mabeta, 3 Rossouw de Klerk, 2 Gary Botha (captain), 1 Corné Fourie.
Replacements: 16 Willie Wepener, 17 Frik Kirsten, 18 Okkie Kruger, 19 CJ Stander, 20 Ruan Snyman, 21 Marnitz Boshoff, 22 Francois Venter.

Cheetahs: 15 Hennie Daniller, 14 Riaan Smit, 13 Corné Uys, 12 Andries Strauss (captain), 11 Rayno Benjamin, 10 Sias Ebersohn, 9 Tewis de Bruyn, 8 Boom Prinsloo, 7 Pieter Labuschagné, 6 Johan Wessels, 5 Waltie Vermeulen, 4 Francois Uys, 3 WP Nel, 2 PW van Vuuren, 1 Marcel van der Merwe.
Replacements: 16 Michael van Vuuren, 17 Trevor Nyakane, 18 Izak van der Westhuizen, 19 Pieter Myburgh, 20 Piet van Zyl, 21 Philip Snyman, 22 Philip Burger