Vodacom Bulls coach Johan Ackermann is going all in for this weekend’s Investec Champions Cup round of 16 fixture away to Glasgow on Saturday at 18:30pm (SA time).
His 33-man touring squad includes 14 Springboks who are blended with a range of experienced players and emerging talents like Cheswill Jooste and Reinhardt Ludwig.
“If we’re in the play-offs in the Champions Cup, we must give it a go. We will give it our best shot, and then we’ll take it from there,” said Ackermann. “Glasgow are in front of us this week, but we’ll need to be better than we were against Munster if we hope to win.”
The trip to Scotland precedes two Vodacom United Rugby Championship fixtures, both away, against the Dragons (April 17) and Scarlets (April 5) respectively.
The team departs for the UK this evening (Monday).
TOURING SQUAD
1 Gerhard Steenekamp/Alulutho Tshakweni/Jan-Hendrik Wessels
2 Johan Grobbelaar/Marco van Staden
3 Mornay Smith/Francois Klopper/Khuta Mchunu
4 Ruan Vermaak/Cobus Wiese
5 Ruan Nortje/Reinhardt Ludwig/JF van Heerden
6 Marcell Coetzee/Jeandre Rudolph
7 Elrigh Louw/Mpilo Gumede
8 Cameron Hanekom
9 Embrose Papier/Paul de Wet/Zak Burger
10 Handre Pollard/Keagan Johannes
11 Kurt-Lee Arendse/ Sergeal Petersen
12 Harold Vorster/Stedman Gans
13Canan Moodie/Katlego Letebele
14 Cheswill Jooste/Devon Williams
15 David Kriel/Willie le Roux