Bulls call on outside backs

Springbok outside backs Canan Moodie (above) and Willie le Roux slot straight back into the Bulls starting team following the Boks end-of-year-tour to the UK, as they take on Connacht in their United Rugby Championship match at the Sportsground in Galway tonight (kick-off 7.30pm).

- Ross Roche

Moodie and Le Roux both played for the Boks in their opening tour game against Scotland, but then didn't make the match-23 for the clashes against England or Wales, so they will be relatively fresh and ready to fire.

Experienced loose forward Marcell Coetzee will lead the side, while Johan Goosen makes his return from injury to boost the team's prospects from flyhalf.

A cluster of Boks – hooker Johan Grobbelaar, prop Gerhard Steenekamp and loose-forward Cameron Hanekom – who all featured against Wales, will make their appearance off the bench during the match.