The suspension of Bakkies Botha and a calf injury to Jannie du Plessis forced South Africa to make two changes on Tuesday to its starting line-up.
The Bulls may have provided a foretaste of the international season ahead when they beat New Zealand’s Waikato Chiefs 61-17 on Saturday.
Replacement winger Zac Guilford scored two of eight tries as the Wellington Hurricanes beat the ACT Brumbies 56-7 in Super 14 rugby on Saturday.
The Bulls surrendered their unbeaten record and fell from first to fourth place in the Super 14 rugby standings after a 36-12 loss to the Highlanders.
Harbhajan Singh took six wickets for 63 runs as India beat New Zealand by 10 wickets in the first cricket Test on Saturday.
Sachin Tendulkar added a commanding innings of 160 to his world record list of 42 Test centuries on the third day of the Test against New Zealand.
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/ 22 February 2009
Only four teams are unbeaten and South Africa’s Bulls lead the table after two rounds of the injury-hit Super 14 rugby tournament.
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/ 14 February 2009
The New South Wales Waratahs scored three first-half tries, largely against the run of play, to build a 26-22 win over the Wellington Hurricanes.
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/ 11 February 2009
Super 14 will be on the cusp of change when its fourth year begins on Friday, inflaming tension over audience share with summer sports.
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/ 26 October 2008
The old and new orders of international rugby will be placed in contrast when the All Blacks leave New Zealand on Monday.