Not one Stormers player makes the Keo URC Boks Weekly Form Team from Round 18, but plenty Bulls are on the charge.

Keo URC Boks Weekly Form Team.

The Lions, desperate against Munster in Limerick but not clinical or accurate enough, have just the one player in No 8 and captain Francke Horn.

For the rest the weekend belonged to the Bulls and the Sharks.

There is always context to these matches. Both teams played the two Italian clubs who have had horror seasons. Zebre, in particular, have been awful in winning just two from 18 matches. They conceded 54 points to the Bulls two Saturdays ago and last Saturday conceded 54 to the Sharks. They have the worst defensive record in the URC and have conceded the most points.

Benetton, whose season high is beating Leinster in Round 16, were hammered by the Sharks 41-7, having trailed 41-0 after 77 minutes. On Saturday, they conceded 45 points to the Bulls in losing 45-19.

The Stormers were poor in losing to Cardiff and not one of their players made a compelling individual statement in losing for the third successive time playing Cardiff at the Arms Park.

The Stormers finished the season third, the Bulls were fourth and the Lions seventh. The Sharks were eliminated from the Race to Eight play-offs three weeks ago.

Keo URC Boks Weekly Form Team – Round 18

15. Zekhethelo Siyaya (Sharks) *

14. Jaco Williams (Sharks)*

13. Canan Moodie (Bulls)

12. Andre Esterhuizen (Sharks)

11. Sergeal Petersen (Bulls)

10. Handre Pollard (Bulls)

9. Embrose Papier (Bulls)

8. Francke Horn (Lions)*

7. Batho Hlekani (Lions)*

6. Jeandré Rudolph (Bulls)*

5. Ruan Nortjé (Bulls)

4. Cobus Wiese (Bulls)

3. Wilco Louw (Bulls)

2. Johan Grobbelaar (Bulls)

1. Gerhard Steenekamp (Bulls)

*Uncapped Springboks

SELECTION OPTIONS FROM WEEKEND’S SA MATCH SQUADS

STORMERS – 15 Damian Willemse, 14 Suleiman Hartzenberg, 13 Wandisile Simelane, 12 Jonathan Roche, 11 Leolin Zas, 10 Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, 9 Imad Khan, 8 Evan Roos, 7 Ben-Jason Dixon, 6 Paul de Villiers, 5 Ruben van Heerden, 4 Adré Smith, 3 Neethling Fouché (c), 2 André-Hugo Venter, 1 Ntuthuko Mchunu.
Bench: 16 JJ Kotzé, 17 Oli Kebble, 18 Zachary Porthen, 19 Salmaan Moerat, 20 Marcel Theunissen, 21 Keke Morabe, 22 Stefan Ungerer, 23 Jurie Matthee.

SHARKS – 15 Zekhethelo Siyaya, 14 Jaco Williams, 13 Jurenzo Julius, 12 André Esterhuizen (c), 11 Litelihle Bester, 10 Vusi Moyo, 9 Bradley Davids, 8 Nick Hatton, 7 Emmanuel Tshituka, 6 Siya Kolisi, 5 Emile van Heerden, 4 Jason Jenkins, 3 Vincent Koch, 2 Eduan Swart, 1 Ox Nché.
Bench: 16 Fez Mbatha, 17 Phatu Ganyane, 18 Hanro Jacobs, 19 Deon Slabbert, 20 Matt Romao, 21 Ross Braude, 22 Jean Smith, 23 Le Roux Malan.

BULLS – 15 Willie le Roux, 14 Devon Williams, 13 Canan Moodie, 12 Harold Vorster, 11 Sergeal Petersen, 10 Handré Pollard, 9 Embrose Papier, 8 Cameron Hanekom, 7 Elrigh Louw, 6 Jeandré Rudolph, 5 Ruan Nortjé (c), 4 Cobus Wiese, 3 Wilco Louw, 2 Johan Grobbelaar, 1 Gerhard Steenekamp.
Bench: 16 Marco van Staden, 17 Jan-Hendrik Wessels, 18 Francois Klopper, 19 Ruan Vermaak, 20 Mpilo Gumede, 21 Paul de Wet, 22 Stedman Gans, 23 Stravino Jacobs.

LIONS – 15 Quan Horn, 14 Kelly Mpeku, 13 Henco van Wyk, 12 Richard Kriel, 11 Angelo Davids, 10 Chris Smith, 9 Morné van den Berg, 8 Francke Horn (c), 7 Batho Hlekani, 6 Siba Mahashe, 5 Darrien Landsberg, 4 Reinhard Nothnagel, 3 Sebastian Lombard, 2 PJ Botha, 1 SJ Kotze.
Bench: 16 Morné Brandon, 17 Eddie Davids, 18 RF Schoeman, 19 Ruan Delport, 20 Siba Qoma, 21 JC Pretorius, 22 Haashim Pead, 23 Rynhardt Jonker.

Keo URC Boks Weekly Form Team – ROUND 17

15. Kurt-Lee Arendse (Bulls)

14. Edwill van der Merwe (Sharks)

13. Jurenzo Julius (Sharks)*

12. André Esterhuizen (Sharks)

11. Sergeal Petersen (Bulls)

10. Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu (Stormers)

9. Morne van den Berg (Lions)

8. Cameron Hanekom (Bulls)

7. Ben-Jason Dixon (Stormers)

6. Paul de Villiers (Stormers)*

5. Ruben van Heerden (Stormers) *

4. Ruan Vermaak (Bulls)*

3. Wilco Louw (Bulls)

2.Marco van Staden (Bulls)

1. Ntuthuko Mchunu (Stormers)

*Uncapped

Keo URC Boks Weekly Form Team – Round 16