Bulls to face SA A side to give Springboks more game time ahead of Lions Tests

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The BlueBullsRugby are travelling down from Pretoria and will face a South Africa A side at Cape Town Stadium on Saturday to help the Springboks prepare for the Test series against the lionsofficial Rugby Springboks By ashfakmohamed IOLsport

“My honest opinion is that to play a franchise team, or even if we had to try and play against a side coming in, then I think the chances of infection are as good as we saw when we played against Georgia. Up until the Georgia Test, we had only one positive case.

ALSO READ: Rassie names star-studded SA ’A’ team for Wednesday’s clash with the British & Irish Lions So, Erasmus was hoping that the Lions would agree to face SA A again on Saturday instead of their scheduled match against Western Province, but it appears as if the tourists have opted not to accede to that request.

Jake White’s team will now give the Bok squad members who are not featuring in Wednesday’s SA A game against the Lions some much-needed game time on Saturday.

 

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