Elrigh Louw will co-captain the Vodacom Bulls at No 8 as a few rotational changes have been made to the pack that will face Ospreys in Swansea on Saturday.
Jake White made a handful of changes among the forwards for the first match of the Vodacom Bulls’ three-game URC tour.
A new-look back row sees co-captain Louw shift from blindside flank to No 8, with Cameron Hanekom named on the bench.
Louw is joined by Reinhardt Ludwig, with the 22-year-old back at blindside flank after a successful trial in the back row last season and Marcell Coetzee, who takes over at openside as Marco van Staden has been rested for the tour.
The other change sees Ruan Vermaak partner co-captain Ruan Nortje in the second row, with Cobus Wiese on the bench after starting both of the Bulls’ opening URC wins.
The backline is unchanged from the side that claimed a bonus-point win over Ulster in Pretoria.
Vodacom Bulls — 15 Willie le Roux, 14 Sebastian de Klerk, 13 Canan Moodie, 12 David Kriel, 11 Kurt-Lee Arendse, 10 Boeta Chamberlain, 9 Embrose Papier, 8 Elrigh Louw (co-c), 7 Reinhardt Ludwig, 6 Marcell Coetzee, 5 Ruan Nortje (co-c), 4 Ruan Vermaak, 3 Wilco Louw, 2 Johan Grobbelaar, 1 Gerhard Steenekamp.
Subs: 16 Akker van der Merwe, 17 Alulutho Tshakweni, 18 Francois Klopper, 19 Cobus Wiese, 20 Cameron Hanekom, 21 Keagan Johannes, 22 Stedman Gans, 23 Aphiwe Dyantyi.
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