As one of the unluckiest players not to be selected for the Springboks, midfielder Jan Serfontein has returned to Loftus this week to continue in the Currie Cup, and his return coincides with his SA under-20 midfield partner William Small-Smith also being declared fit from injury.
But it isn’t as if the Bulls are seriously short of midfielders as they continue their unbeaten start to the Currie Cup season either. The current duo of Burger Odendaal and Dries Swanepoel have been exceptional in their play of late and Swanepoel scored twice in the big win over Griquas on the weekend.
So Marais now sits with the headache of how to make four go into three – with one unlucky player likely to lose out on one of the two starting berths and a place on the bench this weekend when they host the Cheetahs.
All four deserve to be playing at this level and it shows the depth of riches that the Bulls have at the moment, and the frustration that one of them will miss out.
