RECAP: Bulls v Stormers

READERS’ FORUM: Welcome to our live coverage of the South African preparation match between the Bulls and Stormers at Loftus Versfeld.

They don't come much bigger than this - the traditional north-south derby.

There are some big names to ensure the game lives up to its top billing!

* To read our pre-match predictions, CLICK HERE!

* Our live blog will appear below, it might take a little while to load, please be patient. We apologise for the inconvenience!

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Teams

Bulls: 15 Richard Kriel, 14 Madosh Tambwe, 13 Stedman Gans, 12 Cornal Hendricks, 11 Marco Jansen van Vuren, 10 Chris Smith, 9 Zak Burger, 8 Nizaam Carr (captain), 7 Werner Gouws, 6 Marco van Staden, 5 Ruan Nortje, 4 Janko Swanepoel, 3 Jacques van Rooyen, 2 Joe van Zyl, 1 Gerhard Steenekamp.

Replacements: 16 Johan Grobbelaar, 17 Jan-Hendrik Wessels, 18 Trevor Nyakane, 19 Jan Uys, 20 Tim Agaba, 21 Keagan Johannes, 22 Morné Steyn, 23 Diego Appollis.

Stormers: 15 Damian Willemse, 14 Edwill van der Merwe, 13 Ruhan Nel, 12 Rikus Pretorius, 11 Leolin Zas, 10 Kade Wolhuter, 9 Paul de Wet, 8 Juarno Augustus, 7 Ernst van Rhyn, 6 Marcel Theunissen, 5 David Meihuizen, 4 Salmaan Moerat (captain), 3 Lee-Marvin Mazibuko, 2 Chad Solomon, 1 Leon Lyons.

Replacements: 16 Siybonga Ntubeni, 17 Alister Vermaak, 18 Neethling Fouche, 19 John Schickerling, 20 Johan du Toit, 21 Evan Roos, 22 Herschel Jantjies, 23 Tim Swiel.

Referee: AJ Jacobs

Assistant referees: Griffin Colby, Morne Ferreira

TMO: Marius van der Westhuizen