Johannesburg – Springbok flyhalf Handre Pollard will play at inside centre when the Blue Bulls take on Western Province in their Currie Cup semi-final in Cape Town on Saturday.
Pollard will replace injured Burger Odendaal for the match at Newlands in one of two backline changes made by coach Frans Ludeke.
In the other, Rudy Paige will start at scrumhalf, with Piet van Zyl playing off the bench.
Pollard came off the bench in the final Currie Cup league match against Griquas last weekend and his place on the bench will be taken by Sampie Mastriet.
In the pack, Ludeke rotated Marcel van der Merwe and Werner Kruger, with the latter starting at Newlands.
Blue Bulls team: Ulrich Beyers, Akona Ndungane, William Small-Smith, Handre Pollard, Bjorn Basson, Jacques-Louis Potgieter, Rudy Paige, Jono Ross, Jacques du Plessis, Deon Stegmann (captain), Grant Hattingh, Paul Willemse, Werner Kruger, Bongi Mbonambi, Dean Greyling.
Replacements: Callie Visagie, Marcel van der Merwe, Nicolaas Janse van Rensburg, Wiaan Liebenberg, Piet van Zyl, Sampie Mastriet, Jesse Kriel. – Sapa