Two-time Springbok World Cup winner Willie le Roux will make an unusual start at flyhalf for the Bulls when they face the Stormers in the United Rugby Championship.
Willie le Roux will play flyhalf for the Bulls against the Stormer s. Picture: Gordon Arons/Gallo Images
Two-time Springbok World Cup winning fullback Willie le Roux will wear the Bulls No 10 jersey when the Pretoria-based team take on the Stormers in a United Rugby Championship match in Cape Town on Saturday .The versatile backline player started his career on the wing before shifting to fullback. He has, however, regularly filled in as first receiver, for the Boks and Bulls, and has now been backed to actually start in the flyhalf position.
In the forwards, coach Jake White has opted to hand Jan-Hendrik Wessels a rare start at loosehead prop, while Marcell Coetzee will captain the side in the absence of the injured Elrigh Louw and Ruan Nortje.Devon Williams, Canan Moodie, David Kriel, Harold Vorster, Sergeal Petersen, Willie le Roux, Embrose Papier, Cameron Hanekom, Reinhardt Ludwig, Marcell Coetzee , JF van Heerden, Cobus Wiese, Wilco Louw, Johan Grobbelaar, Jan-Hendrik Wessels.
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