for them to return from South Africa. Having to deal with the jet lag will be something the home team will have to deal with and it is only going to make it that much more difficult because the Bulls are in incredible form.
With 10 players at their disposal who have played 50 Super Rugby matches or more the experience weighs heavily on the side of the Bulls. However the gamebreakers that the Reds possess cannot be underestimated and it is going to take a supreme effort for the Bulls backline to keep Quade Cooper and Will Genia from slicing them up.
Quade Cooper who has had an excellent season will be hoping that Morne Steyn plays like he did last week when he looked particularly at sea in what was his worst match of the year. Yet it is difficult to see Morne repeating those mistakes and he will realize that a master class by himself will put the Bulls in a unbeatable position.
We are witnessing one of the great sides in Super Rugby history, few injuries, confidence and the expectation of all that they will walk on the park and beat any oppossiton that they face. There is no way the Bulls will lose this one.
Teams:
Bulls: (with caps) is: Zane Kirchner (34), Gerhard van den Heever (12), Stephan Dippenaar (8), Wynand Olivier (65), Francois Hougaard (11), Morné Steyn (67), Fourie du Preez (93), Pierre Spies (50), Dewald Potgieter (25), Derick Kuün (49), Victor Matfield (103, k), Danie Rossouw (96), Werner Kruger (36), Gary Botha (67), Gurthrö Steenkamp (60). Replacements: Bandise Maku (15), Bees Roux (24), Flip van der Merwe (14), Deon Stegmann (33), Heini Adams (33), Jacques-Louis Potgieter (25), Pedrie Wannenburg (106).
Reds team:
Peter Hynes, Rod Davies, Will Chambers, Anthony Faingaa, Digby Ioane, Quade Cooper, Will Genia (c), Leroy Houston, Daniel Braid (vc), Scott Higginbotham, Van Humphries, Rob Simmons, Laurie Weeks, Saia Faingaa, Ben Daley.
Reserves: Sean Hardman, Greg Holmes, Jack Kennedy, Ezra Taylor, Jake Schatz, Ben Lucas, Brando Va’aulu
