Andre-Hugo Venter will make his 50th DHL Stormers appearance as Frans Malherbe and Manie Libbok return to face the Glasgow Warriors in Stellenbosch on Saturday.
Venter starts at hooker in a powerful front row with fellow Springbok Malherbe and veteran prop Brok Harris for the Vodacom URC round 6 clash at Danie Craven Stadium.
Ruben van Heerden and JD Schickerling will link up in a new-look second row, while the loose trio of Keke Morabe, Ben-Jason Dion and Marcel Theunissen remains unchanged.
The return of Libbok at flyhalf sees Damian Willemse move to inside centre, with skipper Dan du Plessis on his outside in midfield.
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Ruhan Nel, who scored a brace of tries in a bonus-point win against Munster at Cape Town Stadium last week, shifts to right wing in place of Suleiman Hartzenberg.
Hartzenberg is in line to make an impact off the bench with Joseph Dweba, Leon Lyons, Neethling Fouche, Adre Smith, Willie Engelbrecht, Louw Nel and Herschel Jantjies, as the Stormers aim to finish the last round of this block of URC games before the international break on a high.
The Capetonians are looking for their first win over Glasgow in three URC clashes. On this week’s meeting, Stormers director of rugby John Dobson said: “They are the defending URC champions and it’s our last game before the break. It’s a big one for us.
“There is so much desperation from within this team to do well.
“If we get it right, it means we have won three out of five, having already toured, so we will be hard in the mix. It’s going to be a vibe in Stellenbosch.”
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