Here is the first team as announced:-
Waratahs: 15 Israel Folau, 14 Alofa Alofa, 13 Adam Ashley-Cooper, 12 Kurtley Beale, 11 Peter Betham, 10 Bernard Foley, 9 Nick Phipps, 8 Wycliff Palu, 7 Michael Hooper, 6 Dave Dennis, 5 Kane Douglas, 4 Will Skelton, 3 Paddy Ryan, 2 Tatafu Polota Nau, 1 Benn Robinson.
Replacements: 16 Tola Latu, 17 Jeremy Tilse, 18 Sekope Kepu, 19 Jacques Potgieter, 20 Stephen Hoiles/Pat McCutcheon, 21 Brendan McKibbin, 22 Rob Horne, 23 Matt Carraro/Cam Crawford.
BULLS : 15.Jurgen Visser, 14.Akona
Ndungane, 13.JJ Engelbrecht,12. Jan Serfontein, 11.Bjorn Basson,
10.Louis Fouche, 9.Francois Hougaard, 8.Pierre Spies (captain),
7.Jacques du Plessis, 6.Jono Ross, 5.Flip van der Merwe, 4.Grant
Hattingh, 3.Werner Kruger, 2.Callie Visagie, 1.Dean Greyling.
Replacements:
16.Bongi Mbonambi, 17.Frik Kirsten, 18.Marcel van der Merwe, 19.Victor
Matfield,20. Jacques Engelbrecht, 21.Piet van Zyl, 22.Handrè Pollard,
23.Ulrich Beyers.
Am surprised about the retention of Hougaard and a bit less so because they left out Willemse and Picked Hattingh. Maybe they want to see whether Hougarrd will make some more bugger-ups and they want a faster player to counter the Cheetahs.
