Thrilling North-South derby on the cards

Cape Town - The North v South derbies remain some the most anticipated clashes on the local Super Rugby calendar and the late Saturday clash between the Bulls and the visiting Stormers will be no different.

The Stormers will be well aware of past visits to Loftus Versfeld and the stranglehold the Bulls have on them at this venue. The home side has lost only one of their last 19 matches at home and in 2014 they were unbeaten in Pretoria. The Stormers lost seven of eight away games last year and lost their opening matches in 2013 and 2014.

That said, the visitors will be boosted by the fact that they won last year's Currie Cup in exciting fashion, playing a different kind of rugby than in Super Rugby, where they only scored 18.1 points per match, the lowest in the competition.