Bulls coach Rudy Joubert has made five changes to the side that lost to the Auckland Blues last weekend for the side’s clash with the Queensland Reds at Ballymore on Friday morning (South African time).
Fullback Willem de Waal has been dropped after two lacklustre games for the side and is replaced by former South African Schools fullback Hennie Daniller, who at 19 years old will earn his second Super 12 start after making his debut earlier this season in the Super 12 opener against the Sharks.
At scrumhalf Fourie du Preez comes back into the side for Norman Jordaan while Joubert’s decision to give hard-working flanker Piet Krause a rest will mean a reshuffle of the loose forwards.
Pedrie Wannenburg moves across to fill Krause’s position, while Jacques Cronje moves from number eight to seven and Anton Leonard returns to the eighth-man position. — Sapa
Team: Hennie Daniller, Eddie Fredericks, Frikkie Welsh, Ettienne Botha, Odwa Ndungane, Derick Hougaard, Fourie du Preez, Anton Leonard, Jacques Cronje, Pedrie Wannenburg, Victor Matfield (captain), Bakkies Botha, Richard Bands, Danie Coetzee, Christo Bezuidenhout.
Reserves: Gary Botha, Wessel Roux, Danie Rossouw, Piet Krause, Norman Jordaan, Willem de Waal, JP Nel.