Human name side for Under-21 semi’s
Vodacom Blue Bulls Under-21 coach Pote Human welcomes back Divan Rossouw into his team to play the Xerox Golden Lions Under-21’s in the semfinal of the SA Rugby Under-21 Provincial Championships in Johannesburg on Friday.
Kick-off is 14h00 at Emirates Airline Park.
Rossouw was drafted in the senior Vodacom Blue Bulls Currie Cup squad for their last couple of outings, but has been released for this season-decider against the hosts, who finished second on the log after the six pool matches.
The Vodacom Blue Bulls finished third.
Human also recalled Dewald Human atfullback and with Ivan van Zyl injured, Theo Maree will start at scrumhalf.Franco Naude is also out, so Adrian Maebane moves from the bench into the midfield to link up with JT Jackson.
The pack remains largely the same, but Aston Fortuin comes in for Ruben van Heerden at lock.
The team is: Dewald Human, Keanan van Wyk, Adrian Maebane, JT Jackson, Divan Rossouw, Tinus de Beer, Theo Maree, Jsuanre Swanepoel, Abongile Nonkontwana (c), Marco van Staden, Eli Snyman, Aston Fortuin, Jaco Holtzhausen, Alandre van Rooyen, Njabulo Gumede. Replacements: Jan-Henning Campher, Matthys Basson, Brian Leitch, Dean van der Westhuizen,Stephan Enslin, Kurt Webster, Mervano da Silva.
- The Blue Bulls were a mixed bag this season. They won three of six matches, lost two and had one draw. They scored 185 points and conceded 171. They scored 26 tries and conceded 22.
Their results were:
5 August: Drew 29-29 vs WP in Pretoria
13 August: Lost 26-20 vs Free State in Bloemfontein
19 August: Win 29-28 vs Golden Lions in Pretoria
27 August: Lost 23-21 vs Sharks in Durban
02 September: Win 34-27 vs EP Kings in Pretoria
10 September: Win 52-38 vs Leopards in Potchefstroom
Leading points’ scorer: Tinus de Beer 51
Leading try scorers: Dewald Naude, Franco Naude (4)
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