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Bulls forced to tweak pack for Force

Cape Town - The Bulls have been forced into a late change ahead of their Super Rugby match against the Force in Perth on Friday (kick-off 13:05 SA time).

Lock Jason Jenkins has had to withdraw from the match-day squad for this match due to a pectoral muscle injury.

This has prompted coach Nollis Marais to start Marvin Orie at No 5 lock, with RG Snyman - who was scheduled to start in that position - moving to No 4.

It will be Orie’s first Super Rugby start for the Bulls.

In the back row, Jannes Kirsten drops to the bench, with Arno Botha, who was not included in the original match-day 23, taking his place at openside flank.

Jannes Kirsten is subsequently named amongst the replacements.

Teams:

Force

15 Dane Haylett-Petty, 14 Marcel Brache, 13 Ammon Mautauto, 12 Junior Rasolea, 11 Luke Morohan, 10 Ian Prior, 9 Alby Mathewson, 8 Ben McCalman, 7 Matt Hodgson (captain), 6 Angus Cottrell, 5 Adam Coleman, 4 Steve Mafi, 3 Tetera Faulkner, 2 Harry Scoble, 1 Francois van Wyk

Substitutes: 16 Chris Heiberg, 17 Anaru Rangi, 18 Guy Millar, 19 Ross Haylett-Petty, 20 Brynard Stander, 21 Ryan Louwrens, 22 Kyle Godwin, 23 Semisi Masirewa

Bulls

15 SP Marais, 14 Travis Ismaiel, 13 Jesse Kriel, 12 Jan Serfontein, 11 Bjorn Basson, 10 Francois Brummer, 9 Piet van Zyl, 8 Hanro Liebenberg, 7 Arno Botha, 6 Lappies Labuschagne, 5 Marvin Orie, 4 RG Snyman, 3 Marcel van der Merwe, 2 Adriaan Strauss (captain), 1 Trevor Nyakane

Substitutes: 16 Bandise Maku, 17 Lizo Gqoboka, 18 Werner Kruger, 19 Jannes Kirsten, 20 Roelof Smit, 21 Rudy Paige, 22 Tian Schoeman, 23 Dries Swanepoel

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