RECAP: Bulls v Ulster

READERS’ FORUM: Welcome to our live coverage of the United Rugby Championship Round 15 encounter between the Bulls and Ulster at Loftus Versfeld.

There is Marcel Coetzee, who played 57 times for Ulster and will captain the Pretoria-based team on Saturday.

The Ulster starting XV features World Cup-winning Springbok No.8 Duane Vermeulen, who still captained the Bulls last year.

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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 Mornay Smith, 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.

Ulster: 15 Mike Lowry, 14 Ben Moxham, 13 James Hume, 12 Luke Marshall, 11 Ethan McIlroy, 10 Ian Madigan, 9 Nathan Doak, 8 Duane Vermeulen, 7 Nick Timoney, 6 Jordi Murphy, 5 Iain Henderson (captain), 4 Kieran Treadwell, 3 Marty Moore, 2 Brad Roberts, 1 Andrew Warwick.

Replacements: 16 Tom Stewart, 17 Eric O’Sullivan, 18 Tom O’Toole, 19 Mick Kearney, 20 Matty Rea, 21 John Cooney, 22 Marcus Rea, 23 Stewart Moore.

Referee: Andrea Piardi (Italy)

Assistant referees: Cwengile Jadezweni (South Africa), Griffon Colby (South Africa)

TMO: Marius Jonker (South Africa)