Springboks dealt nasty Moodie blow as Bulls keep Goosen away from vaunted 4G pitch

Teenaged Springbok and Bulls star Canan Moodie suffered the first significant setback of his fledgling career after Jake White, his franchise coach, confirmed on Friday that he'll be out for two months with a hamstring strain.

The 19-year-old flyer sustained the injury during the first half of last weekend's victory over Connacht at Loftus Versfeld.

While it was expected Moodie wouldn't take part in the Bulls' three-match URC trip, which commences on Saturday night against Glasgow, the newfound timeframe on his recovery means he's also out of the Springboks' year-end tour next month.

"Canan is out for about 8 weeks," White said on Friday."He won't play any part in our last few games in the URC before the November break and probably won't be available to tour with the Springboks. Hopefully he will be back at the end of November to start the second part of the URC with us."

Glasgow

15 Josh McKay, 14 Sebastian Cancelliere, 13 Sione Tuipulotu (captain), 12 Sam Johnson, 11 Cole Forbes, 10 Tom Jordan, 9 George Horne, 8 Matt Fagerson, 7 Thomas Gordon, 6 Gregor Brown, 5 Richie Gray, 4 Scott Cummings, 3 Zander Ferguson, 2 Fraser Brown, 1 Jamie Bhatti

Substitutes: 16 George Turner, 17 Oli Kebble, 18 Lucio Sordoni, 19 JP du Preez, 20 Sintu Manjezi, 21 Ryan Wilson, 22 Ali Price, 23 Domingo Miotti

Bulls

15 Kurt-Lee Arendse, 14 Cornal Hendricks, 13 Lionel Mapoe, 12 David Kriel, 11 Stedman Gans, 10 Chris Smith, 9 Zak Burger, 8 Elrigh Louw, 7 Marco van Staden, 6 Marcell Coetzee (captain), 5 Ruan Nortje, 4 Walt Steenkamp, 3 Francois Klopper, 2 Jan-Hendrik Wessels, 1 Gerhard Steenekamp

Substitutes: 16 Bismarck du Plessis, 17 Simphiwe Matanzima, 18 Mornay Smith, 19 Janko Swanepoel, 20 Reinhardt Ludwig, 21 Embrose Papier, 22 Morne Steyn, 23 Wandi