BULLS

LOCATION: Pretoria, South Africa

COACH: Frans Ludeke

2011 RESULT: 7th

TEAM RUNDOWN: No Victor Matfield, no Fourie du Preez, no Bakkies Botha – as well as several other Springboks – but hope still remains for South Africa’s most successful franchise. Boks flyer Francois Hougaard will join super-boot Morne Steyn in the halves behind a still-ominous pack and they’ll again be tough to topple at their Loftus Versfeld fortress.

SQUAD: Daniel Adongo, Bjorn Basson, Arno Botha, Lionel Cronjé, Rossouw De Klerk, JJ Engelbrecht, Louis Fouché, Dean Greyling, Francois Hougaard, Zane Kirchner, Frik Kirsten, Juandré Kruger, Werner Kruger, Mtunzi Mabeta, Bongi Mbonambi, Akona Ndungane, Wynand Olivier, Dewald Potgieter, Jacques Potgieter, Chiliboy Ralepelle, Johann Sadie, Ruan Snyman, Pierre Spies, CJ Stander, Wilhelm Steenkamp, Deon Stegmann, Dawie Steyn, Morné Steyn, Flip Van der Merwe, Gerrit-Jan Van Velze, Francois Venter, Jano Vermaak, Jurgen Visser, Willie Wepener