Bulls Director of Rugby, Jake White, has named an extended squad in preparation for the Carling Currie Cup clash against the Lions at Loftus Versfeld on Wednesday.

The larger than normal group is mainly due to the fact that the team is still awaiting a few Covid19 test results. It is also noteworthy that certain players, such as Stedman Gans and Kurt-Lee Arendse, are not part of the group. White admitted during a press conference that these players have recently tested positive again and are therefore not available for Wednesday’s game.

The final match day squad will be trimmed and finalised as soon as possible.

“It’s been an interesting and challenging season to say the least, with the past two weeks probably being our most testing yet. We haven’t had a lot of time together following the isolation protocols, which doesn’t make it ideal going into a crunch game like this one,” White explained.

“Having said that, we’re just excited to be able to play again and get our campaign back on track.”

Wednesday’s kick-off is 16:00 and will be televised live on the Super Sport Grandstand and Rugby channels.

The Bulls extended match day squad: Lizo Gqoboka, Schalk Erasmus, Trevor Nyakane, Jan Uys, Ruan Nortje, Marco van Staden, Elrigh Louw, Duane Vermeulen, Embrose Papier, Chris Smith, Stravino Jacobs, Cornal Hendricks, Marnus Potgieter, Jay-Cee Nel, David Kriel, Johan Grobbelaar, Jacques van Rooyen, Marcel van der Merwe, Walt Steenkamp, Arno Botha, Tim Agaba, Ivan van Zyl, Morne Steyn, Keagan Johannes, David Kellerman, Jade Stighling, Jan-Hendrik Wessels, Joe van Zyl.

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