Bulls head coach John Mitchell has limited the changes for their Super Rugby derby against the Sharks at Kings Park in Durban on Saturday.
There are though two returning faces in the second-row as Lood de Jager and RG Snyman are fit after respective injuries to start the contest.
The Bulls are back in action following a bye week, which came after they beat the Stormers 33-23, and sit fourth in South Africa's Conference.
“We have all to play for,” said Mitchell when he named his team in Pretoria on Thursday.
“One thing we can bank on is that this will require a huge effort from our side if we want to beat the Sharks at home. They will not make it easy for us or allow us to rule the game. This will be hard work and we need to be prepared for that.”
Bulls: 15 Warrick Gelant, 14 Johnny Kötze, 13 Jesse Kriel, 12 Burger Odendaal (c), 11 Divan Rossouw, 10 Handré Pollard, 9 Ivan van Zyl, 8 Hanro Liebenberg, 7 Thembelani Bholi, 6 Marco van Staden, 5 Lood de Jager, 4 RG Snyman, 3 Trevor Nyakane, 2 Adriaan Strauss, 1 Pierre Schoeman
Replacements: 16 Jaco Visagie, 17 Lizo Gqoboka, 18 Frans van Wyk, 19 Jason Jenkins, 20 Roelof Smit, 21 Andre Warner, 22 Manie Libbok, 23 Duncan Matthews
Date: Saturday, April 14
Venue: Kings Park, Durban
Kick-off: 17:15 local (15:15 GMT)
Referee: Egon Seconds (South Africa)
Assistant referees: AJ Jacobs (South Africa), Cwengile Jadezweni (South Africa)
Television match official: Marius Jonker (South Africa)
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