With the Bulls set to host Leinster in a top-of-the-table United Rugby Championship match on Saturday Leinster coach Jacques Nienaber is preparing for war.
Springbok hooker Joseph Dweba is moving to Sandy Park to join the Exeter Chiefs for the 2025/26 Premiership season.
Nizaam Carr says the Bulls must rid themselves of "silly errors" for Saturday's match against unbeaten Leinster at Loftus Versfeld.
A 30-man Stormers squad left Cape Town on Tuesday for a vital two-match United Rugby Championship tour in Wales and Ireland over the next fortnight.
The Lions have received a welcome boost with the return to fitness of Springbok fullback Quan Horn and outside centre Henco van Wyk ahead of two crucial URC away fixtures and a Challenge Cup playoff.
Springboks Damian Willemse and Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu are set to return to the Stormers lineup for the United Rugby Championship tour north.