INJURY REPLACEMENT
Bulls coach gives Jenkins nod for clash against Cheetahs
Bulls coach Nollis Marais has replaced injured lock Lood de Jager with Jason Jenkins for their Super Rugby clash against the Cheetahs
Bulls coach Nollis Marais has replaced injured lock Lood de Jager with Jason Jenkins for their Super Rugby clash against the Cheetahs in Bloemfontein on Saturday afternoon. Announcing the squad for the trip to the Free State on Thursday ‚ Marais also confirmed that he has swapped Lizo Gqoboka and Pierre Schoeman around in the only two changes from their opening-day defeat to the Stormers last weekend. De Jager’s unavailability due to concussion will see Jenkins combining with RG Snyman at lock. The two will not have too many problems getting used to each other as they played together in seven matches during 2016’s tournament. They both scored tries when they last faced the Cheetahs in the 23-18 win at Loftus and Renaldo Bothma will fill the vacancy on the bench left by the promotion of Jenkins. Looking ahead to the trip to Bloemfontein‚ Marias said their hosts would be highly motivated as they also lost their opening match of the season. "The Cheetahs will be hurting after that clos...
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