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Huxley fills Cipriani's boots

Pretoria - Julian Huxley will direct the Rebels from flyhalf in their Vodacom Super Rugby match against the Bulls at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday.

Kick-off is at 17:05 SA time.

Huxley replaces the injured James Hilgendorf at No 10, with Richard Kingi back in the side at fullback following his suspension.

Elsewhere, Alister Campbell and Hugh Pyle have swapped positions in the second-row while Nic Henderson comes back into the starting XV at prop.

Heath Tessmann takes on hooking duties, replacing Ged Robinson and Luke Rooney replaces Peter Betham on the left wing. In the final change from the team that lost 33-18 to the Reds last weekend, Afusipa Taumoepeau replaces Mark Gerrard.

Teams:

Bulls:

15 Zane Kirchner, 14 Gerhard van den Heever, 13 Stephan Dippenaar, 12 Wynand Olivier, 11 Bjorn Basson, 10 Morne Steyn, 9 Fourie du Preez, 8 Pierre Spies, 7 Dewald Potgieter, 6 Deon Stegmann, 5 Danie Rossouw, 4 Bakkies Botha, 3 Werner Kruger, 2 Gary Botha, 1 Dean Greyling

Substitutes: 16 Chiliboy Ralepelle, 17 Rossouw de Klerk, 18 Flip van der Merwe, 19 Victor Matfield, 20 Francois Brummer, 21 Francois Hougaard, 22 Derick Kuun

Melbourne Rebels:
15 Richard Kingi, 14 Lachlan Mitchell, 13 Afusipa Taumoepeau, 12 Stirling Mortlock (captain), 11 Luke Rooney, 10 Julian Huxley, 9 Nick Phipps, 8 Gareth Delve, 7 Michael Lipman, 6 Hoani Macdonald, 5 Alastair Campbell, 4 Hugh Pyle, 3 Greg Somerville, 2 Heath Tessmann, 1 Nic Henderson

Substitutes: 16 Laurie Weeks, 17 Ged Robinson, 18 Kevin O'Neill, 19 Jarrod Saffy, 20 Tim Davidson, 21 Peter Betham, 22 Cooper Vuna
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