Griquas vs Bulls Predictions - Griquas set to beat the Bulls

The Vodacom Bulls have a commanding lead of 20 victories to six against the Suzuki Griquas, including one draw in 27 meetings in the Carling Currie Cup since 2010. 

Reigning Currie Cup champions, the Griquas, started the defence of their title with a 25-19 defeat away to the Stormers last weekend after leading 12-8 at the break.

The Suzuki Griquas were in fine form in last year's competition. They lost 49-28 to the Pumas and defeated Boland 48-39, Western Province 47-17, the Sharks 26-17, the Bulls 42-21, and the Cheetahs 40-10 before losing to the Lions 37-7 during the regular season.

The team from Kimberley subsequently defeated the Cheetahs 25-5 in the semi-finals before edging the Lions 27-25 at the death to win their first Currie Cup title in 55 years. 

The Griquas have won seven of their previous nine fixtures in the Carling Currie Cup and will look to bounce back with a victory against the Bulls, having defeated their opponents 42-21 last season. 

The Bulls had no answer in their Currie Cup opener against the Boland Cavaliers last weekend, losing 24-10 away from home after trailing 14-3 at half-time. 

The team from Pretoria did not have much success in the competition last season. They defeated the Stormers 48-23 and the Sharks 64-0, and lost 41-7 to the Pumas, 28-20 to Boland, 42-21 to the Griquas, and 44-5 to the Lions before beating the Cheetahs 35-31. 

The Vodacom Bulls will not be happy with their performance in their previous fixture, but have another tricky assignment to overcome when taking on the Griquas, as their opponents have often won at home in recent seasons. 

Sako Makata, Lourens Oosthuizen, and Tiaan Lange scored a try each against Western Province last weekend. 

George Whitehead slotted two conversions in the match. 

Starting XV: 15 Cameron Hufke, 14 Dylan Maart, 13 Zane Bestee, 12 Mnombo Zwelendaba, 11 Gurswin Wehr, 10 George Whitehead, 9 Bobby Alexander, 8 Carl Els, 7 Marco de Witt, 6 Lourens Oosthuizen, 5 Albert Liebenberg (captain), 4 Lungisi Mbiko, 3 IG Prinsloo, 2 Tiaan Lange, 1 Leon Lyons

Replacements: 16 Janco Uys, 17 Eddie Davids, 18 Ntobeko Shezi, 19 Carel van der Merwe, 20 Phumzile Maqondwana, 21 Caleb Abrahams, 22 Sako Makata, 23 Connor Mahoney

Shaun Schurmann scored the lone try for the Bulls against Boland last weekend.

Keagan Johannes landed a conversion and a penalty in the match. 

The Bulls line-up for the match against the Griquas will be added once it has been announced.