WP VS BLUE BULLS
Province call up the cavalry to face Bulls in Currie Cup semifinal
Western Province coach John Dobson has picked all his available Springboks for Saturday’s Currie Cup semifinal against the Blue Bulls at Newlands. Damian Willemse comes in at flyhalf as Dillyn Leyds passed a fitness test after suffering a calf strain. He will start at fullback. Bok hooker Bongi Mbonambi starts with Scarra Ntubeni dropping to the bench and tighthead Wilco Louw starts again. Although young flyhalf Josh Stander played a superb tactical game in the pouring rain at Loftus last week‚ Dobson had no hesitation bringing Willemse back at flyhalf. "It was tough on Josh to be left out‚" Dobson said. "But we took a policy decision to respect the returning Boks and select them. "If you start deciding that your Springboks aren’t good enough for your team‚ you get into a tricky area in terms of player motivation. "We couldn’t leave Dillyn out after he was passed fit which [put] players such as JJ Engelbrecht on the bench and even Dan du Plessis had to miss out. Damian is also a rea...
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