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Pretoria - The Bulls announced three changes to their starting XV to play the Cheetahs in their Vodacom Super Rugby clash at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria on Saturday.
Kick-off is 19:10 SA time.
Francois Hougaard will move into the scrumhalf position in the place of Fourie du Preez. Du Preez has been ruled out for up to four weeks with a knee injury.
Dewald Potgieter will replace Danie Rossouw at the side off the scrum with Rossouw returning to the bench.
Akona Ndungane moves back into the starting line-up in the place of Francois Hougaard at right wing.
Gerhard van den Heever who covered at fullback against the Sharks will move to the bench with Zane Kirchner fit to start in the No 15 jersey.
Teams:
Bulls:
15 Zane Kirchner, 14 Akona Ndungane, 13 Jaco Pretorius, 12 Wynand Olivier, 11 Bjorn Basson, 10 Morne Steyn, 9 Francois Hougaard, 8 Pierre Spies, 7 Dewald Potgieter, 6 Deon Stegmann, 5 Victor Matfield (captain), 4 Bakkies Botha, 3 Werner Kruger, 2 Chiliboy Ralepelle, 1 Dean Greyling
Substitutes: 16 Gary Botha, 17 Rossouw de Klerk, 18 Flip van der Merwe, 19 Danie Rossouw, 20 Dustin Jinka, 21 Francois Brummer, 22 Gerhard van den Heever
Cheetahs:
15 Riaan Viljoen, 14 Riaan Smit, 13 Robert Ebersohn, 12 Corné Uys, 11 Philip Snyman, 10 Sias Ebersohn, 9 Sarel Pretorius, 8 Davon Raubenheimer, 7 Ashley Johnson, 6 Kabamba Floors, 5 Martin Muller, 4 Francois Uys, 3 WP Nel, 2 Adriaan Strauss (captain), 1 Coenie Oosthuizen
Substitutes: 16 Ryno Barnes, 17 Lourens Adriaanse, 18 Izak van der Westhuizen/Hendrik Roodt, 19 Johan Wessels, 20 Tewis de Bruyn, 21 Naas Olivier, 22 Hennie Daniller
