Bulls rest Matfield
Bulls coach Frans Ludeke made three changes to his forwards for Saturday's Super Rugby clash against the Lions at Ellis Park.
Jacques Engelbrecht moves from the bench to start at No.8, with Grant Hattingh moving to lock in place of Victor Matfield – who is rested.
In another rotational swap, Marcel van der Merwe will start at tighthead prop, with Werner Kruger playing off the bench.
Wimpie van der Walt replaces Engelbrecht on the bench, where there is also a return for Louis Fouché.
The flyhalf will replace Handré Pollard, who is captaining the South Africa Under-20 at the IRB Junior World Cup in New Zealand.
William Small-Smith is also back after illness and replaces Ulrich Beyers on the bench.
Bulls: 15 Jurgen Visser, 14 Akona Ndungane, 13 JJ Engelbrecht, 12 Jan Serfontein, 11 Bjorn Basson, 10 Jacques-Louis Potgieter, 9 Francois Hougaard, 8 Jacques Engelbrecht, 7 Jacques du Plessis, 6 Jono Ross, 5 Grant Hattingh, 4 Flip van der Merwe (captain), 3 Marcel van der Merwe, 2 Callie Visagie, 1 Dean Greyling.
Replacements: 16 Bongi Mbonambi, 17 Werner Kruger, 18 Morné Mellett, 19 Paul Willemse, 20 Wimpie van der Walt), 21 Piet van Zyl, 22 Louis Fouché, 23 William-Small Smith.
Date: Saturday, May 31
Venue: Ellis Park, Johannesburg
Kick-off: 17.05 (15.05 GMT)
Referee: Craig Joubert (South Africa)
Assistant referees: Lourens van der Merwe (South Africa), Sieg van Staden (South Africa)
TMO: Marius Jonker (South Africa)
