The United Rugby Championship (URC) resumes play this weekend under increasing pressure with five rounds remaining in the quarter-finals, but the South African side certainly have plenty to play for.
The Sharks will be the first team to take the field when they play Glasgow Warriors in Scotland on Friday, before playing three games in South Africa on Saturday. The Lions first host Leinster in Johannesburg, while the Bulls face Munster in Pretoria before the Stormers welcome Ospreys to Cape Town.
Among the domestic teams, the Bulls are in pole position with 45 points, sitting in third place, nine points behind leaders Leinster, and six points behind the Stormers in fifth place.
Lions are 11thth They moved up in the standings with just one point difference from Ulster in 8th place with 34 points. All three teams are aiming to finish in the highest position as Round 14 concludes this weekend.
All South African teams selected for this round of URC action can be found below.
Stormers — 15 Warwick Guerin, 14 Suleiman Hartzenberg, 13 Wandisile Simelane, 12 Dan du Plessis, 11 Ben Roeder, 10 Manny Livbok, 9 Stefan Ungerer, 8 Evan Roos, 7 Hadjiba Deimani, 6 Nama Shaba, 5 Gary Porter, 4 Adre Smith, 3 Frans Malherbe (c), 2 JJ Kotze, 1 Brok Harris.
Subs: 16 Skala Ntubeni, 17 Kwenzo Brose, 18 Saji Sandy, 19 Ruben van Heerden, 20 Willy Engelbrecht, 21 Marcel Theunissen, 22 Paul de Wet, 23 Damian Willemse.
Bull – 15 Willie Le Roux, 14 Sebastian de Klerk, 13 Kanan Moody, 12 David Kriel, 11 Kurt-Lee Arendse, 10 Johann Goossen, 9 Embrose Papier, 8 Ellie Rowe (c), 7 Reinhardt – Ludwig, 6 Cameron Hanekom, 5 JF Van Heerden, 4 Ruan Vermaak, 3 Wilco Lowe, 2 Johan Grobbelaar, 1 Gerhard Steenekamp.
Subs: 16 Acker van der Merwe, 17 Simphiwe Matanzima, 18 Mornay Smith, 19 Janko Swanepoel, 20 Mpilo Gumede, 21 Zak Berger, 22 Chris Smith, 23 Devon Williams.
shark – 15 Boeta Chamberlain, 14 Edouan Keeter, 13 Murray Coster, 12 Francois Venter, 11 Aphiwe Dyanty, 10 Kerwin Bosch, 9 Grant Williams, 8 Nick Hutton, 7 Rappies Labuschagne, 6 Tino Mawesele , 5 Garbrandt Grobler, 4 Kohn Raar, 3 Hanro Jacobs, 2 Dan Jooste, 1 Ntukho Mchunu.
Subs: 16 Fez Mbatha, 17 Kwezi Mona, 18 Vincent Koch, 19 Emile van Heerden, 20 Vincent Situka, 21 Cameron Wright, 22 Siya Masuku, 23 Ethan Hooker.
Lions — 15 Quan Horn, 14 Richard Kriel, 13 Erich Cronje, 12 Marius Lowe (c), 11 Edwill van der Merwe, 10 Sanele Nohamba, 9 Morn van den Berg, 8 Franke Horn , 7 Emmanuel Sitka, 6 JC Pretorius, 5 Luan Delport, Willem Alberts 4, Luan Dreyer 3, PJ Jacobs 2, Morgan Naude 1.
Subs: 16 Jaco Visagie, 17 JP Smith, 18 Asenati Ntlabakaniye, 19 Reinhard Nosnagel, 20 Sibusiso Sangweni, 21 Nico Steyn, 22 Jordan Hendrickse, 23 Henko van Wyk.
Match information:
Glasgow Warriors v Sharks
Date: Friday 19th April
Venue: Scotstown Stadium, Glasgow
Referee: Federico Vedovelli
SA time: 20:35
TV: Super Sports
lions v leinster
Date and time: Saturday, April 20th
Venue: Emirates Airline Park (Johannesburg)
Referee: Gianluca Gnecki
SA time: 15:00
TV: Super Sports
bulls v munster
Date and time: Saturday, April 20th
Venue: Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
Referee: Adam Jones
SA time: 17:05
TV: Super Sports
Stormers v Ospreys
Date and time: Saturday, April 20th
Venue: DHL Stadium (Cape Town)
Referee: Andrew Brace
SA time: 19:15
TV: Super Sports
