Johannesburg – Following this week's bye, the Bulls could call on fit-again flanker Arno Botha when they face the Western Force in a Super Rugby match in Pretoria next Saturday.
Botha played off the bench for the Blue Bulls in the Vodacom Cup over the weekend.
The rest will also result in a break for Callie Visagie (ribs), Lappies Labuschagne (SC joint) and Jacques-Louis Potgieter (hamstring), who will all again train next Monday.
The long-term injury list remains the same, but Burger Odendaal is now only two weeks away from returning to action, following a knee injury.
The rest of the long-term casualties are Duncan Matthews (knee, September), Flip van der Merwe (pectoral, April), William Small-Smith (foot, two months), Pierre Schoeman (ACL knee, July), Bandise Maku (pectoral, August), Werner Kruger (ankle, 10 weeks) and Carlo Engelbrecht (ankle, 10 weeks). – Sapa