Zak Burger to start at No 9 in Bulls' rematch against Lions

Bulls coach Jake White has named scrumhalf Zak Burger in his United Rugby Championship starting line-up for Saturday's rematch against the Lions at Loftus.

Burger comes in for Embrose Papier in a direct switch with the latter moving to the bench.

Centre Cornal Hendricks, fresh from midweek Currie Cup duty, joins the list of substitutes, as Harold Vortser and Lionel Mapoe continue as the preferred starting centre pairing. 

"The result from last weekend when we beat the Lions at Ellis Park will mean nothing. It's now a new week and they will come to Loftus Versfeld a hungry side and will want to make amends for the defeat last Saturday," said White.

"We expect nothing less than another challenging encounter against the side from Johannesburg. They showed how strong they can be in the set pieces last week, while also coming at us with some clever, running rugby. We can definitely expect more of the same this weekend."

The sides met in the URC last week and the Bulls proved too strong for the Lions, winning 34-10 at Ellis Park.

Kick-off on Saturday is at 15:00.

Bulls

15 Kurt-Lee Arendse, 14 Canan Moodie, 13 Lionel Mapoe, 12 Harold Vorster, 11 Madosh Tambwe, 10 Morne Steyn, 9 Zak Burger, 8 Elrigh Louw, 7 Arno Botha, 6 Marcell Coetzee (captain), 5 Ruan Nortje, 4 Walt Steenkamp, 3 Jacques van Rooyen, 2 Johan Grobbelaa, 1 Simphiwe Matanzima

Substitutes: 16 Bismarck du Plessis, 17 Lizo Gqoboka, 18 Robert Hunt, 19 Janko Swanepoel, 20 Muller Uys, 21 Embrose Papier, 22 Chris Smith, 23 Cornal Hendricks

Lions

15 Divan Rossouw, 14 Stean Pienaar, 13 Manuel Rass, 12 Matt More, 11 Edwill van der Merwe, 10 Tiaan Swanepoel, 9 Andre Warner, 8 Francke Horn, 7 Emmanuel Tshituka, 6 Jaco Kriel (captain), 5 Ruben Schoeman, 4 Ruhan Straeuli, 3 Carlu Sadie, 2