Bulls: Willie le Roux, Sebastian de Klerk, Canan Moodie, David Kriel, Kurt-Lee Arendse; Boeta Chamberlain, Embrose Papier, Cameron Hanekom, Elrigh Louw (captain), Marco van Staden, Ruan Nortje (captain), Cobus Wiese, Wilco Louw, Johan Grobbelaar, Gerhard SteenekampReplacements: Akker van der Merwe, Jan-Hendrik Wessels, Francois Klopper, Sintu Manjezi, Mpilo Gumede, Keagan Johannes, Stedman Gans, Aphiwe DyantyiUlster: Mike Lowry; Werner Kok, Stewart Moore,…

Bath: Harris, De Glanville, Lawrence, Butt, McConnochie, Russell, Spencer (c); Obano, Annett, Du Toit, Roux, Ewels, Hill, Pepper, Reid.Replacements: Dunn, Van Wyk, Stuart, Molony, Underhill, Schreuder, Redpath, Coetzee.Sin-bin: Underhill (61 mins)Bristol: Malins, Lane, Janse van Rensburg, Williams, Ibitoye, MacGinty, Randall; Genge, Oghre, Lahiff, Dun, Batley, Luatua, Grondona, Harding (c).Replacements: Capon, Woolmore, Kloska, Owen, Grondona, Marmion, Jenkins, Bates.Sin-bin: Grondona (48 mins)Referee:…

Sale: Carpenter; Roebuck, Addison, Bedlow, Reed; Du Preez (capt), Warr; McIntyre, Cowan-Dickie, Opoku-Fordjour, Bamber, Beaumont, Van Rhyn, Dugdale, Birch.Replacements: Caine, Onasanya, Harper, Burrow, Roets, Thomas, Curtis, Nayacalevu.Sin-bin: Carpenter (78).Gloucester: Barton; Wade, Harris, Atkinson, Llewellyn; Anscombe, Williams (capt); Rapava Ruskin, Blake, Fasogbon, Clarke, Clark, Clement, Taylor, Mercer.Replacements: Singleton, Vivas, Knight, Alemanno, Ackermann, Tuisue, Englefield, Atkinson.Referee: Luke Pearce.

Everitt and his players will have looked back at last week's loss against Bulls with regret. It was poor game management and a lack of cutting edge that prevented a first win of the season. Still, they will have come to Johannesburg with optimism. Lions finished ninth in the URC last season and are not as daunting an opponent as…