Hougaard to wing it for Bulls
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The Bulls were forced into a late change to their backline and bench on Thursday when Akona Ndungane pulled a hamstring during the team's captains run.
The Bulls face the Highlanders in the Forsyth Barr Stadium on Friday.
Ndungane's place will be taken by Francois Hougaard, who was picked at scrumhalf for this match, but will now see himself in the No.11 jersey.
Piet van Zyl moves up from the bench to start at scrumhalf. Van Zyl's place on the bench will be taken by Ulrich Beyers.
It will be Van Zyl's first start at scrumhalf since he moved from the Cheetahs at the end of last season.
The match will also see Werner Kruger becoming the 10th Bulls player to reach a century of Super Rugby caps for the team.
Bulls – revised team: 15 Jurgen Visser, 14 Bjorn Basson, 13 JJ Engelbrecht, 12 Jan Serfontein, 11 Francois Hougaard, 10 Jacques-Louis Potgieter, 9 Piet van Zyl, 8 Grant Hattingh, 7 Jacques du Plessis, 6 Jono Ross, 5 Victor Matfield, 4 Flip van der Merwe (captain), 3 Werner Kruger, 2 Callie Visagie, 1 Dean Greyling.
Replacements: 16 Bongi Mbonambi, 17 Marcel van der Merwe, 18 Morné Mellett, 19 Paul Willemse, 20 Jacques Engelbrecht, 21 Handré Pollard, 22 William Small-Smith, 23 Ulrich Beyers.
Date: Friday, April 11
Venue: Forsyth Barr Stadium, Dunedin
Kick-off: 19.35 (07.35 GMT; 09.35 SAST)
Referee: Rohan Hoffman (Australia)
Assistant referees: Kane McBride (New Zealand),Shane McDermott (New Zealand)
TMO: Vinny Munro (New Zealand)
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