Jan Serfontein and Jesse Kriel will start in the midfield for the Bulls against the Blues in Auckland.
Serfontein, who will make his 50th appearance for the Bulls this Saturday, will move to inside centre, while Kriel comes in at 13.
Kriel’s inclusion is the only change to the starting backline from last weekend’s match against the Sunwolves, while Adriaan Strauss will start at hooker and take over the captaincy.
Up front, Lizo Gqoboko rotates in for Pierre Schoeman, while Nick de Jager will start at flank, in place of the suspended Renaldo Bothma.
Bulls – 15 Warrick Gelant, 14 Travis Ismaiel, 13 Jesse Kriel, 12 Jan Serfontein, 11 Jamba Ulengo, 10 Handré Pollard (c), 9 Piet van Zyl, 8 Hanro Liebenberg, 7 Nick de Jager, 6 Ruan Steenkamp, 5 Lood de Jager, 4 Jason Jenkins, 3 Trevor Nyakane, 2 Adriaan Strauss, 1 Lizo Gqoboko.
Subs: 16 Jaco Visagie, 17 Pierre Schoeman, 18 RG Snyman, 19 Jannes Kirsten, 20 Rudy Paige, 21 Tian Schoeman, 22 Burger Odendaal, 23 John-Roy Jenkinson.
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