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No Morne? No problem as Jake eagerly enlists growing Chris Smith
News24
21 May 2021, 22:13 GMT+10
Bulls mentor Jake White has happily selected Chris Smith to pull the strings at flyhalf against the Lions this weekend in Morne Steyn s absence.
Steyn is being rested as part of Springbok protocol and the Bulls are convinced Smith will slot in easily despite the threat of a desperate opposition.
Smith has had a surprisingly substantial amount of game time for a second-choicer and has seized those opportunities by playing steadily every time.
Bulls mentor Jake White, rightly, holds absolutely no reservations enlisting Chris Smith as his starting flyhalf for Saturday s PRO14 Rainbow Cup SA meeting with the Lions.
Lions coach
PRO14 Rainbow Cup SA opener against the
Bulls in Pretoria on Saturday.
With regular skipper Elton Jantjies loaned to French club Pau, the Lions need a new captain for the event and this week centre
Dan Kriel takes the captain s armband.
With Jantjies in France,
Fred Zeilinga takes the No 10 jersey and will partner Andre Warner at halfback.
The Lions team boasts a nice mixture of youth and experience, with the best example in the front row where props Sti Sithole and Jannie du Plessis pack down with young hooker PJ Botha. The first round of the northern leg was extremely exciting and a great showcase of high-quality rugby. We are excited about the start of the Rainbow Cup SA this weekend. It s great for the fans to see the future of southern and northern hemisphere rugby, Van Rooyen said.