Springbok centre Jan Serfontein has been ruled out of Saturday’s SA Rugby U23 Cup match against the Stormers XXIII in Cape Town.
Serfontein suffered an MCL injury in last week’s 68-26 hammering of their Cape rivals, which gives Marnus Rademeyer an opportunity in his first start in the blue jersey.
Flank Nama Xaba again leads the side, which shows several other changes, among them the return of fullback Henry Immelman from overseas, regular No 8 JJ Theron slotting in at lock and promising flyhalf Viaan Mentoor returning from injury.
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The match kicks off at 4pm after the Vodacom URC fixture between the Stormers and Connacht.
BULLS XV – 15 Henry Immelmann, 14 Ruan Enslin, 13 Marnus Rademeyer, 12 PA van Niekerk, 11 Riyaad Bam, 10 Viaan Mentoor, 9 Neil le Roux, 8 Junior Pokomela, 7 Cephas van Biljon, 6 Nama Xaba (c), 5 Nicolaas Janse van Rensburg, 4 JJ Theron, 3 Jean Erasmus, 2 Juann Else, 1 Aphiwe Shelembe.
Bench: 16 Shaun Schürmann, 17 Sti Sithole, 18 Duwan Potgieter, 19 Jannes Kirsten, 20 Sintu Manjezi, 21 Steven Nel, 22 Ruben Groenewald, 23 Akahlulwa Boqwana.
Photo: Sydney Seshibedi/Gallo Images
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