The Bulls have problems of their own when it comes to the game on Saturday. The main ones are the following:-
* They cannot go into the game with Stegman and Spies as loosies. To make matters worse Labuschagne - their only decent loosie in their previous games - has a nasal fracture and it is not certain that he would play. The Bulls website said he will be back in training on Thursday and he might play. I would play Arno Botha at 8, Liebenberg at 7 and Labuschagne at 6 - since both Spies and Stegman are not of any real use for the Bulls.
* A major problem is with their locks. At best the useless Matfield is a liability in the team. His contribution to Tight 5 play is zero-minus - the rest of his game are just plain negative. They must get a substansive lock to make sure of a physically stronger Tight 5 combination.
* There scrummie position is a nightmare. I think they should move Hougaard back to scrummie, play JJ on the wing, Serfontein at 13 and bring in Odendaal at inside center.
There other problem is will the referee deal with the illegal scrumming issue of the Crusaders properly - or abet it like happened in the Cheetahs game?
