RECAP: Bulls v Scarlets
READERS’ FORUM: Welcome to our live coverage of the rescheduled United Rugby Championship Round Seven match between the Bulls and Scarlets at Loftus Versfeld.
The Pretoria franchise head into the rescheduled fixture full of confidence following their 29-24 win over the Munster.
The Bulls are 10th on the overall URC log and a win will see them move to the top half of the table.
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Teams
Bulls: 15 Kurt-Lee Arendse, 14 Canan Moodie, 13 Cornal Hendricks, 12 Harold Vorster, 11 Madosh Tambwe, 10 Chris Smith, 9 Zak Burger, 8 Elrigh Louw, 7 Cyle Brink , 6 Marcell Coetzee (captain), 5 Ruan Nortje, 4 Walt Steenkamp, 3 Jacques van Rooyen, 2 Johan Grobbelaar, 1 Gerhard Steenekamp.
Replacements: 16 Joe van Zyl, 17 Simphiwe Matanzima, 18 Robert Hunt, 19 Reinhardt Ludwig, 20 Arno Botha, 21 Keagan Johannes, 22 Morne Steyn, 23 Lionel Mapoe.
Scarlets: 15 Ioan Nicholas; 14 Steff Evans, 13 Johnny Williams, 12 Scott Williams (captain), 11 Ryan Conbeer; 10 Rhys Patchell, 9 Dane Blacker, 8 Blade Thomson, 7 Tomas Lezana, 6 Aaron Shingler, 5 Jac Price, 4 Sam Lousi, 3 Javan Sebastian, 2 Daf Hughes, 1 Kemsley Mathias.
Replacements: 16 Shaun Evans, 17 Rob Evans, 18 Harri O’Connor, 19 Morgan Jones, 20 Sione Kalamafoni, 21 Archie Hughes, 22 Sam Costelow, 23 Joe Roberts.
Date: Friday, March 18
Venue: Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
Kick-off: 19.10 (17.10 UK & Ireland, 17.10 GMT)
Referee: Chris Busby (Ireland)
Assistant referees: Cwengile Jadezweni, Griffon Colby (both South Africa)
TMO: Sam Grove-White (Scotland)