The Super Rugby warm-up match between the Vodacom Bulls and DHL Stormers on Saturday in Polokwane won’t be broadcast on TV, as confirmed by SuperSport.
The situation will only change if the two unions (Blue Bulls and WP) or the Polokwane City Council decide to carry the costs involved.
SuperSport broadcast last week’s friendly match between the Cell C Sharks and Saracens, but that was due to them receiving the broadcast rights for free and only needing to pay a joining fee.
The match kicks off at 17:00 SA Time.
In stead, SuperSport will feature 2 Six Nations matches on Saturday (Wales vs Italy – 16:00 to 18:30 SA Time, France vs England – 18:30 to 21:00 SA Time) and a Japanese Rugby Top League semi-final game (Panasonic Wild Knights vs Toshiba Brave Lupus – 06:55 to 09:00 SA Time on SS1 & SHD).
On Sunday, SuperSport will feature the other remaining Japanese Rugby Top League semi-final game (Kobelco Steelers vs Suntory Sungoliath – 06:55 to 09:00 on SS1 & SHD) and a Six Nations game (Ireland vs Scotland – 16:30 to 19:00 SA Time on SS1 & SHD).
Pity that the Bulls / Stormers game won’t be televised, but then again I suppose the Six Nations games are more prominent this time of the season.
We’ll have Live Game Articles for all 3 Six Nations games of the weekend.
Bulls team; The Bulls team to play the DHL Stormers in Polokwane at 17h00 is:Jurgen Visser, Akona Ndungane, JJ Engelbrecht, Jan Serfontein, Bjorn Basson, Louis Fouché, Francois Hougaard, Pierre Spies (c), Arno Botha, Deon Stegmann, Grant Hattingh, Flip vd Merwe, Werner Kruger, Callie Visagie, Dean Greyling. Replacements: Bandise Maku, Marcel vd Merwe, Hencus van Wyk, Jono Ross, Rudy Paige, Handré Pollard, Ulrich Beyers, Travis Ismaiel.
Spies and Greyling
The DHL Stormers team for Saturday’s pre-season friendly (v the Bulls) is as follows:15. Gio Aplon14. Kobus van Wyk13. Juan de Jongh12. Jean de Villiers (captain)11. Damian de Allende10. Demetri Catrakilis9. Louis Schreuder8. Duane Vermeulen7. Schalk Burger (vice-captain)6. Siya Kolisi5. Ruan Botha4. Rynhardt Elstadt3. Frans Malherbe2. Scarra Ntubeni1. Steven KitshoffReplacements:16. Tiaan Liebenberg17. Oli Kebble18. Alistair Vermaak/Justin Ackerman19. Jean Kleyn20. Michael Rhodes21. Nizaam Carr22. Nic Groom23. Gary van Aswegen24. Scott van Breda25. Ryno Eksteen26. Deon FourieReferee: Lourens van der Merwe
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