RUGBY NEWS - Vodacom Bulls coach Pote Human surprised with a choice at wing, but named as close to his strongest available side to face the DHL Stormers at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday.
Human chose a side with 10 Springboks for the clash but surprised with the selection of Johnny Kotze at wing for the clash against their arch rivals.
Rosko Specman has been included on the other wing, with Cornal Hendricks missing out on selection.
Kotze, who normally plays in the midfield, has been used successfully on the wing in the past and Human has the fullest confidence in him.
“Johnny as we all know is a great player, just his work-rate and his toughness, he had an awesome year for us last year and that is why we are giving him the nod. A guy like Cornal is just a bit unfortunate, he needs a little bit more game time, and he hasn’t played a lot in the last four years. He will get there, he will get his chance, but I am happy with Johnny Kotze there,” he explained at the team announcement.
Embrose Papier gets the nod ahead of fellow Bok Ivan van Zyl while Duane Vermeulen is joined by Hanro Liebenberg, the former SA under-20 captain and Ruan Steenkamp in the loose trio.
With Marco van Staden out and Roelof Smit still needing another fortnight of rehabilitation before he can take the fiels, Stoney Steenkamp gets his chance to shine.
