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Frans Ludeke (Gallo Images)
Frans Ludeke (Gallo Images)

Pretoria - The Bulls will be aiming to put their lacklustre start to the Super Rugby season behind them when they meet the Sharks at Loftus Versveld on Saturday.

Rudy Paige comes in at scrumhalf for his first start of the season for the Frans Ludeke's men, replacing Piet van Zyl, while the bench sees three changes in the form of Springbok prop Marcel van der Merwe, who is back from injury, while Travis Ismaiel and Tian Schoeman could make their Super Rugby debut if they get game time.

Ludeke will be hoping the Bulls avoid three home defeats in a row for the first time in 13 years and the pressure may already be telling only three rounds into the competition.

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