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Handre Pollard of South Africa looks on ahead of The Rugby Championship match between the New Zealand All Blacks and South Africa Springboks at Eden Park on September 06, 2025 in Auckland, New Zealand. (Photo by Hannah Peters\/Getty Images) https:\/\/www.rugbypass.com\/news\/bulls-to-bring-13-boks-on-tour-but-forced-to-leave-two-behind\/ <\/p>\n
Johan Ackermann\u2019s Bulls<\/a> will depart this Monday for Ireland<\/a> with 13 Springboks in their ranks for a three-match URC tour that includes Ulster, Connacht<\/a> and Glasgow. <\/p>\n The Pretorian side will, however, be without several key names. <\/p>\n A failed HIA has ruled out skipper Marcell Coetzee. The big back-row will remain at home under medical supervision after leading the Bulls to opening wins against the Ospreys<\/a> and Leinster. <\/p>\n Hooker Johann Grobbelaar will take over as captain.<\/p>\n Kurt-Lee Arendse is still nursing a hamstring injury and continues his rehabilitation, though there\u2019s hope the Bok flyer could join the squad later in the campaign. <\/p>\n As per player welfare protocols, tighthead prop Wilco Louw<\/a> will be replaced after week two by Khuta Mchunu. <\/p>\n Lock Ruan Nortje<\/a> will also sit out the start of the tour to rest but remains available should an SOS go out.<\/p>\n The Bulls are boosted by the return of Cheswill Jooste<\/a>, Jan Serfontein<\/a> and Cobus Wiese. All three missed the Leinster<\/a> clash at the weekend.<\/p>\n Springboks Handr\u00e9 Pollard, Canan Moodie<\/a> and Louw are the big name arrivals from the Boks Rugby Championship<\/a> win, with coach Ackermann admitting the challenge lies in swiftly bedding them into the squad.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019ve got individual plans in place, but injuries have already forced one or two changes,\u201d said Ackermann. \u201cHopefully we\u2019ll integrate them quickly. It\u2019s probably the biggest challenge for Handr\u00e9, just because he\u2019s the newest addition, while the others have played with us before.\u201d<\/p>\n Touring squad: <\/strong>Alulutho Tshkweni, Canan Moodie<\/a>, Cheswill Jooste, Cobus Wiese<\/a>, David Kriel<\/a>, Devon Williams<\/a>, Embrose Papier<\/a>, Francois Kloppers, Gerhard Steenekamp<\/a>, Handr\u00e9 Pollard, Harold Vorster<\/a>, Jan Hendrik Wessels, Jan Serfontein<\/a>, Jean Else, Jeandr\u00e9 Rudolph, JJ Theron<\/a>, Johann Grobbelaar (capt), Johan Goosen<\/a>, Keagan Johannes<\/a>, Marco van Staden<\/a>, Mornay Smith<\/a>, Mpilo Gumede, N J van Rensburg, Nama Xaba<\/a>, Paul de Wet<\/a>, Reinhardt Ludwig<\/a>, Sebastian de Klerk, Stravino Jacobs<\/a>, Wilco Louw<\/a>, Willie le Roux, Zak Burger.<\/p>\n Non-travelling reserves: <\/strong>Etienne Janneke, Esethu Mnebelele, Khuta Mchunu, Sintu Manjezi<\/a>, Jacobus Grobbelaar<\/a>, Kurt-Lee Arendse<\/a> (pending fitness), Stedman Gans<\/a>, Sergeal Petersen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"mens united-rugby-championship Handre Pollard of South Africa looks on ahead of The Rugby Championship match between the New…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":478587,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4102],"tags":[4151,79,16,15],"class_list":{"0":"post-478586","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-rugby","8":"tag-rugby","9":"tag-sports","10":"tag-uk","11":"tag-united-kingdom"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@uk\/115328444722075515","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478586","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=478586"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/478586\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/478587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=478586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=478586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=478586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}