Sharks name their side for Bulls clash

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Cell C Sharks vs Bulls

Date: Saturday, 15 February 2014

Time: 19h10

Venue: Growthpoint KINGS PARK

Referee: Jaco Peyper

Assistant Referees: Stuart Berry, Marius Jonker

Television Match Official: Deon van Blommestein

15. SP Marais
14. Odwa Ndungane
13. Paul Jordaan
12. Frans Steyn
11. Lwazi Mvovo
10. Patrick Lambie
9. Cobus Reinach
8. Ryan Kankowski
7. Willem Alberts
6. Marcell Coetzee
5. Pieter-Steph du Toit
4. Anton Bresler
3. Jannie du Plessis
2. Bismarck du Plessis (C)
1. Tendai Mtawarira

Replacements
16. Kyle Cooper
17. Dale Chadwick
18. Lourens Adriaanse
19. Stephan Lewies
20. Jean Deysel
21. Charl McLeod
22. Heimar Williams
23. S’bura Sithole

Notes
Quotes from Director of Rugby, Jake White.

“You know what the Bulls are going to do in terms of their style of play. They have been doing it for years. They are going to kick from the base of the scrum, they are going to kick from base of lineout. They will maul the lineouts. They are going to try and physically dominate you in first 25 minutes to see if they can get some ascendancy. I can’t believe they will move away from what has worked for them in the past.

“Let’s take nothing away from the Bulls, they’ve won the competition three times and that’s more than any other South African side. The challenge is that a team needs to dominate, you need to be able to beat those teams. The challenge that we sit with is if we’re not good enough to beat the Bulls at home in this round, the chances are we will struggle against the likes of the Blues and Crusaders in Auckland and Christchurch. That’s what it takes to win this competition, you have to beat teams like that and the Bulls at home.”