Chris Smith at flyhalf as Bulls ring changes for Scarlets URC clash

The Bulls shave made several changes to their line-up for Friday night's URC clash against Scarlets in Llanelli.

Chris Smith will start at flyhalf with Springbok Johan Goosen moving to fullback in place of Kurt-Lee Arendse. Goosen started at No 10 in last week's 31-7 Champions Cup defeat away to Lyon.

Stravino Jacobs is back to start at left wing in place of David Kriel, who moves to right wing in place of Canan Moodie. Moodie and Arendse are both rested.

Elsewhere in the backline, Harold Vorster and Lionel Mapoe form a new centre combination in place of Cornal Hendricks and Wandisile Simelane, who feature on the bench. Zak Burger also swaps places at scrumhalf with Embrose Papier.

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Up front, lock Ruan Nortje returns to captain the side, taking the No 5 jersey from Janko Swanepoel.

Gerhard Steenekamp, Johann Grobbelaar and Mornay Smith combine as the front row, while Marco van Staden, Cyle Brink and Elrigh Louw form the loose trio.

Jan-Hendrik Wessels is back to provide hooker cover as Bismarck du Plessis sits out, while Nizaam Carr provides loose forward cover on the bench.

"Scarlets are known as a team that attacks a lot. What they have done over the last two months is to find a balance between their attacking and kicking game, and how we manage that will be crucial for us and make sure we do not get pinned in our own half," Bulls backline coach Chris Rossouw said.

"They have a great pack of forwards and an experienced backline, that remains one of their strengths so it is important for us to manage the kicking game as a whole."

Rossouw also highlighted the importance of physicality.

"For us it will be one of the focus points. We know they have some good runners and