Coetzee at No 8, Van Staden at flank as Bulls name team for URC final
White made one injury-enforced change to the team that beat the Sharks 25-13 in the semi-finals in Pretoria last weekend.
Stalwart Marcell Coetzee moves from openside flank to No 8 in place of Cameron Hanekom, who suffered a hamstring injury against the Sharks.
Springbok Marco van Staden moves up from the bench to take Coetzee's No 6 jersey, with another Springbok, Nizaam Carr, coming in on the bench to provide loose forward cover.
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Elsewhere, the Bulls will field the same match-day squad that fended off the Sharks.
Saturday's clash at Croke Park kicks off at 18:00 (SA time).
Bulls team:
15 Willie le Roux, 14 Canan Moodie, 13 David Kriel, 12 Harold Vorster, 11 Sebastian de Klerk, 10 Johan Goosen, 9 Embrose Papier, 8 Marcell Coetzee, 7 Ruan Nortje, 6 Marco van Staden, 5 JF van Heerden, 4 Cobus Wiese, 3 Wilco Louw, 2 Johan Grobbelaar, 1 Jan-Hendrik Wessels
Substitutes: 16 Akker van der Merwe, 17 Alulutho Tshakweni, 18 Mornay Smith, 19 Jannes Kirsten, 20 Nizaam Carr, 21 Zak Burger, 22 Keagan Johannes, 23 Devon Williams
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