With the Vodacom United Rugby Championship taking a two-week break, the Currie Cup provides a stage for budding stars to hog the spotlight. Here are five players to watch!
South Africa’s 2022 Sevens Player of the Year completed a move to the Lions at the end of last year. Pretorius made his debut in the Challenge Cup match against Stade Francais in Paris, but has not been involved in a Lions team since.
With the Lions preferring bulkier flanks such as Ruan Venter and Emmanuel Tshituka in their URC side, the Currie Cup will give Pretorius the opportunity to make a case for his inclusion as a more fleet-of-foot option.Continuing the theme of sevens converts, there was plenty of hype around Stedman Gans when he returned to the Vodacom Bulls from the Blitzboks in 2020.
As the Bulls have hit a speed wobble in the URC, there is a chance for Gans to prove why he could be the answer to the Pretoria side’s backline conundrum.Among the more exciting new signings at the minnow unions, flyhalf Lubabalo Dobela is back in the fifteens game after a short stint with the Blitzboks.
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