Vodacom Bulls Change Eleven For Pau

 

Vodacom Bulls coach Johan Ackermann has pressed the reset button ahead of Friday night’s Investec Champions Cup match against Pau.

In all, there are 11 changes from last weekend’s team: seven in the starting forwards, four in the backline, plus multiple bench rotations.

Captain Ruan Nortje gets a rest among the replacements with Marcell Coetzee back in harness as captain. Two of the most exciting changes feature the return of Kurt-Lee Arendse and Cheswill Jooste, both on the wings. This means a shift for speedster Sebastian de Klerk, who slots in at outside centre.

In-form Mpilo Gumede gets a welcome start while promising lock Reinhardt Ludwig is also back in favour.

The bench offers a good blend of grunt and guile with the like of Marco van Staden, Cobus Wiese and Jeandre Rudolph to call on.

Vodacom Bulls

  1. Jan-Hendrik Wessels
  2. Akker van der Merwe
  3. Mornay Smith
  4. Ruan Vermaak
  5. Reinhardt Ludwig
  6. Marcell Coetzee (c)
  7. Mpilo Gumede
  8. Nizaam Carr
  9. Zak Burger
  10. Handre Pollard
  11. Kurt-Lee Arendse
  12. Harold Vorster
  13. Sebastian de Klerk
  14. Cheswill Jooste
  15. Willie le Roux

Replacements

  1. Marco van Staden
  2. Alu Tshakweni
  3. Francois Klopper
  4. Ruan Nortje
  5. Cobus Wiese
  6. Keagan Johannes
  7. David Kriel
  8. Jeandre Rudolph