The Vodacom Bulls U21 made six changes to their starting line-up, who will host the Fidelity ADT Lions in a vital clash at Loftus Versfeld on Friday at 13:00 (SA Time).
The Vodacom Bulls U21 are currently placed third on the SA Rugby U21 Cup log, with one point more than their visitors from across the Jukskei River.
Up-front hooker Juan Smal and tight-head Casper Badenhorst join Mbasa Maqubela in the front row while JJ Theron moves to lock and Heinrich Theron makes his return to the starting line-up. Cephas van Biljon is the new face in the loose-forward trio.
At the back, Steven Nel returns at scrumhalf while Luyolo Doyi is back on the wing.
Vodacome Bulls U21: 1 Mbasa Maqubela, 2 Juan Smal 3 Casper Badenhorst, 4 JJ Theron, 5 Heinrich Theron, 6 Dieter Schubert 7 Cephas van Biljon, 8 Marco Ferreira, 9 Steven Nel, 10 Ian van der Merwe 11 Luyolo Doyi, 12 PA van Niekerk 13 Dimitre Erasmus 14 Alfondso Isaacs, 15 Hopewell Ntshangase. Replacements: 16 Siphosethu Mnebelele, 17 Ranon Fouche, 18 Jean Erasmus, 19 Shaun Schurmann, 20 Abri van der Westhuizen, 21 Caleb Abrahams, 22 Pieter van der Merwe, 23 Lukas Meyer.