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The team from Pretoria will again be led by lock Ruan Nortje, one of the returning national players.
Ruan Nortje will lead the Bulls against Edinburgh. Picture: Getty Images
The return to the starting team of key forwards Ruan Nortje and Cameron Hanekom has boosted the Bulls for their big Challenge Cup quarter-final clash with Edinburgh in Scotland on Saturday (kick-off 1.30pm).
Both Nortje and Hanekom played off the bench in the impressive win against Bayonne in the last-16 last weekend.
The Springbok duo coming into the starting XV are the only changes to the run-on side that won last weekend. It means Keagan Johannes will continue in the key No 10 role, with the experienced Johan Goosen playing off the bench, as he did last weekend.
Changes to team that beat Bayonne
Springbok hooker Johan Grobbelaar is also a newcomer to the matchday squad as he takes over from Jan-Hendrik Wessels as the back-up No 2 to Akker van der Merwe, with Wessels fulfilling a spot on the bench as prop cover.
Another Bok, Canan Moodie, has also been drafted into the squad, on the bench as outside backs cover, and is sure to get plenty of game time.
In all, coach Jake White has picked a pack with five Boks in the mix, while on the bench a further six Boks will look to make an impact in a game the Bulls will hope to win to set up a semi-final against either Bath Rugby or Gloucester.
In the other quarter-finals, Ospreys host Lyon, Connacht entertain Racing 92 and Bath welcome Gloucester.
Bulls team: Devon Williams, Sergeal Petersen, David Kriel, Harold Vorster, Stravino Jacobs, Keagan Johannes, Zak Burger, Cameron Hanekom, Jannes Kirsten, Marcell Coetzee, JF van Heerden, Ruan Nortje (capt), Wilco Louw, Akker van der Merwe, Simphiwe Matanzima. Bench: Johan Grobbelaar, Jan-Hendrik Wessels, Mornay Smith, Reinhardt Ludwig, Marco van Staden, Embrose Papier, Johan Goosen, Canan Moodie
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