Grant Hattingh will start at No 5 lock for the Vodacom Bulls against the Cheetahs in Bloemfontein on Friday.
Flip van der Merwe moves to No 4 to make way for Hattingh, who fills in for Paul Willemse.
The rest of the team remains the same as last Saturday, with Victor Matfield remaining on the bench.
Bulls – 15 Jurgen Visser, 14 Akona Ndungane, 13 JJ Engelbrecht, 12 Jan Serfontein, 11 Bjorn Basson, 10 Louis Fouchè, 9 Francois Hougaard, 8 Pierre Spies (c), 7 Jacques du Plessis, 6 Jono Ross, 5 Grant Hattingh, 4 Flip van der Merwe, 3 Werner Kruger, 2 Callie Visagie, 1 Dean Greyling.
Subs: 16 Bongi Mbonambi, 17 Frik Kirsten, 18 Marcel van der Merwe, 19 Victor Matfield, 20 Jacques Engelbrecht, 21 Piet van Zyl, 22 Handrè Pollard, 23 Ulrich Beyers.
Cheetahs team to play the Bulls
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