The Bulls switch focus to the European Challenge Cup on Saturday and their Round of 16 assignment takes them to France to meet Aviron Bayonnais
Aviron Bayonnais v Bulls, Saturday 5th April, Bayonne, KO 13:30 (South African time)
Referee: Christophe Ridley (England)
Assistant Referees: Sara Cox (England) & Jack Makepeace (England)
TMO: Stuart Terheege (England)
Weather Forecast - Bayonne
Aviron Bayonnais:
In the pool stage Aviron won 3 and lost 1 of their matches. They started with a 17-16 home win over the Scarlets but then lost 52-12 away to Edinburgh. A 41-16 victory away to Black Lion and a 55-17 home win over Gloucester saw them safely through.
In the Top 14 Bayonne are in fourth place with a record of 12 wins and 8 defeats.
Bulls:
The Bulls failed to make the cut in the Champions Cup and now take their chances in this competition. They finished fifth in their Champions Cup pool where they lost their first 3 games, 27-5 away to Saracens, 30-21 at home to Northampton Saints and 49-10 away to Castres. In their final match a 48-7 win over Stade Francais at Loftus proved just enough to get into the Round of 16.
In the URC the Bulls are in third position with a record of 10 wins and 4 defeats and last week's home win over Zebre (63-24) kept them on course for a home play off.
Team News
Aviron Bayonnais: 15 Cheikh Tiberghien, 14 Nadir Megdoud, 13 Arnaud Erbinartegaray, 12 Federico Mori, 11 Xan Mousques, 10 Tom Spring, 9 Baptiste Germain, 8 Giovanni Habel-Kuffner (captain), 7 Rémi Bourdeau, 6 Noa Traversier, 5 Alex Moon, 4 Veikoso Poloniati, 3 Tevita Tatafu, 2 Lucas Martin, 1 Pierre Castillon.
Replacements: 16 Vincent Giudicelli, 17 Martin Villar, 18 Pieter Scholtz, 19 Denis Marchois, 20 Lucas Paulos, 21 Baptiste Chouzenoux, 22 Baptiste Tilloles, 23 Aurélien Callandret.#
Bulls: 15 Devon Williams, 14 Sergeal Petersen, 13 David Kriel, 12 Harold Vorster, 11 Stravino Jacobs, 10 Keagan Johannes, 9 Izak Burger, 8 Marcell Coetzee (captain), 7 Jannes Kirsten, 6 Marco van Staden, 5 JF van Heerden, 4 Reinhardt Ludwig, 3 Wilco Louw, 2 Armand van der Merwe, 1 Simphiwe Matanzima.
Replacements: 16 Jan-Hendrik Wessels, 17 Alulutho Tshakweni, 18 Mornay Smith, 19 Ruan Nortjé, 20 Cameron Hanekom, 21 Embrose Papier, 22 Johan Goosen, 23 Stedman Gans
The Betting
Average early show, to be updated
Bayonne +1.5 points at 9/10
Bulls -1.5 points at 9/10
Note, odds quoted are available at the time of writing but are subject to change.
Betting Angle
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Bet: To follow
Note, odds quoted are available at the time of writing but are subject to change.
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