The NNC Pumas and the Vodacom Bulls have announced their teams for the preparation fixture scheduled to take place on Tuesday at Mbombela Stadium.

The match will take place at 19:00, but regrettably, still no spectators will be allowed.
The starting team for the Bulls remain unchanged after last weekend’s defeat is unchanged and focused on adding to their impressive form of last weekend against the EP Elephants.

Springbok Nizaam Carr continues in his role as captain.

The bench has been shuffled to allow more game time with Nolan Pienaar, Bernard van der Linde, Clinton Swart, Henco Beukes, Willie Potgieter and Richard Kriel all set to add a powerful blow to the opposition later in the match.

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“Although the starting team hasn’t changed much, there’s a ton of new faces on the bench that want their boots on the field and to put their names forward. The last time we traveled to Mbombela with a rather young and inexperienced team, we lost badly to a powerful and well-oiled Pumas bunch. I’m looking forward to seeing how this group has developed since then,” said Vodacom Bulls director of rugby, Jake White.

While the Bulls have made no changes, only five players who started against the Lions last Friday, will start for the Pumas on Tuesday.

Fifteen changes was made to the team that beat the Bulls 44-14 earlier this year, eight of which are in the starting line-up.

Here are the teams:

NCC Pumas
1. Morgan Naude
2. AJ le Roux
3. lg Prinsloo
4. Brandon Valentyn
5. Pieter Jansen van Vuren (c)
6. Francois Kleinhans
7. Phumzile Maqondwana
8. Kwanda Dimaza
9. Chriswill September
10. Niel Marais
11. Tapiwa Mafura
12. Ali Mgijima
13. Sebastian de Klerk
14. Morne Joubert
15. Devon Williams

Substitutes:
16. HP van Schoor
17. Dewald Maritz
18. Ruan Kramer
19. Michael Elenadie
20. Dian Eladenhorst
21. Eddie Fouche
22. Erich Cronje
23. Darrien Landsberg

Vodacom Bulls
1. Gerhard Steenkamp
2. Joe van Zyl
3. Mornay Smith
4. Jan Uys
5. Janko Swanepoel
6. Nizaam Carr (c)
7. Tim Agaba
8. WJ Steenkamp
9. Embrose Papier
10. Chris Smith
11. Stravino Jacobs
12. Marco Jansen van Vuren
13. Marnus Potgieter
14. Madosh Tambwe
15. David Kriel

Subs:
16. Janco Uys
17. Jan-Hendrik Wessels
18. Nolan Pienaar
19. Reinhardt Ludwig
20. Werner Gouws
21. Bernard van der Linde
22. Clinton Swart
23. Richard Kriel
24. Henco Beukes
25. Willie Potgieter
26. Dawid Kellerman