Eleven Vodacom Blue Bulls to face Australia with Springboks
21 July 2010 (09:17)
 Eleven players from the Vodacom Blue Bulls have been included in the Springbok team to play Australia in Brisbane on Saturday July 25th.
Three of them, Francois Hougaard, Dewald Potgieter and Flip van der Merwe will make their Tri-Nations debuts should they come off the bench.
The Springbok team is: 15 Zane Kirchner (Vodacom Bulls) – 9 caps, 14 Gio Aplon (Vodacom Stormers) – 6 caps, 13 Jaque Fourie (Vodacom Stormers) – 59 caps, 12 Wynand Oliver (Vodacom Bulls) – 31 caps, 11 Bryan Habana (Vodacom Stormers) – 62 caps, 10 Morné Steyn (Vodacom Bulls) – 17 caps, 9 Ruan Pienaar (The Sharks) – 42 caps, 8 Pierre Spies (Vodacom Bulls) – 33 caps, 7 Ryan Kankowski (The Sharks) – 14 caps, 6 Schalk Burger (Vodacom Stormers) – 59 caps, 5 Victor Matfield (Vodacom Bulls) – 97 caps, 4 Danie Rossouw (Vodacom Bulls) – 50 caps, 3 BJ Botha (Ulster) – 24 caps, 2 John Smit (The Sharks, captain) – 98 caps, 1 Gurthrö Steenkamp (Vodacom Bulls) – 27 caps. Replacements: 16 Chiliboy Ralepelle (Vodacom Bulls) – 14 caps, 17 CJ van der Linde (Vodacom Cheetahs) – 61 caps, 18 Flip van der Merwe (Vodacom Bulls) – 2 caps, 19 Dewald Potgieter (Vodacom Bulls) – 5 caps, 20 Francois Hougaard (Vodacom Bulls) – 1 cap, 21 Butch James (Bath) – 39 caps, 22 Juan de Jongh (Vodacom Stormers) – 4 caps
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