Loftus lights up again: Bulls-Stormers derby carries family history and URC stakes

Saturday’s Bulls vs Stormers showdown at Loftus Versfeld is more than a regular-season URC fixture — it’s South Africa’s fiercest provincial rivalry with playoff implications. With recent history tilting toward the Stormers in Pretoria but form suggesting a Bulls edge, the derby is set up as a collision of momentum, muscle and memory.