Bulls v Leinster kick-off time, TV channel information, preview and more

GAME: Vodacom Bulls v Leinster

VENUE: Loftus Versfeld Stadium, Pretoria

TIME: 3pm (15.00 IRE & UK / 16.00 ITA / 17.00 SA), Saturday

TALKING POINTS: Willie le Roux returns at fullback for Vodacom Bulls; three changes to the Leinster starting XV, with James Culhane, RG Snyman and Jordie Barrett all coming into the team

REFEREE: Ben Whitehouse (WRU, 106th league game), AR 1: Cwengile Jadezweni (SARU) AR 2: Sean Muller (SARU), TMO: Ben Breakspear (WRU)

THEY SAID IT: "The Bulls have a good run-in in terms of home games and the Sharks, they are star-studded, so it is a nice challenge for whoever plays, it's like a proper Test match for us here," says Leinster's assistant coach Jacques Nienaber.

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"How many internationals are in that Bulls group? And not even counting the injured guys. Jake has a full-on international squad bar one or two positions, and those positions have players on the radar of the national selectors.

"That's what we expect from the Bulls, a Test match intensity.

"I find the South African sides very competitive and I expect all four of those teams will participate in the top eight."

KEY STAT: Leinster have 16 wins from 16 matches in all competitions this season, but this might prove to be their toughest test yet as they are without a number of their Ireland Six Nations stars for the meeting with the third-placed Vodacom Bulls on the High Veldt.

TV CHANNELS: SuperSport, RTÉ, Premier Sports, Flo Rugby & URC.tv

Vodacom Bulls: Willie le Roux, Sebastian de Klerk, David Kriel, Harold Vorster, Stravino Jacobs, Keagan Johannes, Embrose Papier, Alulutho Tshakweni, Akker van der Merwe, Wilco Louw, Ruan Vermaak, JF van Heerden, Marcell Coetzee (CAPT), Jannes Kirsten, Cameron Hanekom

Replacements: Johan Grobbelaar, Jan-hendrik Wessels, Mornay Smith, Reinhardt Ludwig, Marco van Staden, Nizaam Carr, Zak Burger, Devon Williams

Leinster: Jimmy O’Brien, Tommy O’Brien, Hugh Cooney, Jordie Barrett, Andrew Osborne, Ross Byrne, Luke McGrath (CAPT), Jack Boyle, John McKee, Rabah Slimani, RG Snyman, Diarmuid Mangan, Max Deegan, Will Connors, James Culhane

Replacements: Stephen Smyth, Ivan Soroka, Thomas Clarkson, Brian Deeny, Alex Soroka, Scott Penny, Fintan Gunne, Ciarán Frawley

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