Bulls rotate forward pack for Ospreys clash

Director of Rugby Jake White has moved Cobus Wiese to the five-three split bench as Ruan Vermaak starts at lock alongside skipper Ruan Nortje. In front of the lock pairing is the unchanged trio of Gerhard Steenekamp, Johan Grobbelaar and Wilco Louw.

Marco van Staden who has not travelled for the tour is replaced by Marcell Coetzee who slots into six flank alongside Reinhardt Ludwig who is also a new change to the round 3 side. Ludwig at flank sees Elrigh Louw shifing to eighth-man duties and Cameron Hanekom moving to the bench.

White has retained the services of the entire backline that helped register a bonus point victory against Ulster in the previous tournament round at Loftus Versfeld.

Alulutho Tshakweni is the only other change to the matchday 23, lining up alongside Akker van der Merwe, Francois Klopper, Wiese, Hanekom, Keagan Johannes, Stedman Gans and Aphiwe Dyantyi who all complete the impact squad and duty roster for the match day.

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, 7 Reinhardt Ludwig, 6 Marcell Coetzee, 5 Ruan Nortje (c), 4 Ruan Vermaak, 3 Wilco Louw, 2 Johan Grobbelaar, 1 Gerhard Steenekamp

Replacements: 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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