Handre Pollard has been named as the stand-in captain for the Bulls trip to Argentina in place of Burger Odendaal who has been ruled out of the clash with a rib injury.
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Lood de Jager is the other big name that hasn’t travelled as the Springbok locked also picked up an injury in the hard-fought victory against the Sharks on Saturday.
Edgar Marutlulle and Matthys Basson have received call ups despite not having played for the Bulls this season. Basson would be making his Super Rugby debut should he feature whilst Marutlulle has 31 caps to his name.
Full squad
Backs: Warrick Gelant, Travis Ismaiel, Johnny Kotze, Divan Rossouw, Jesse Kriel, JT Jackson, Handre Pollard (c), Manie Libbok, Embrose Papier, Ivan van Zyl, André Warner.
Forwards: Themelani Bholi, Nick De Jager, Roelof Smit, Marco van Staden, Jason Jenkins, RG Snyman, Handre Stassen, Trevor Nyakane, Conraad van Vuuren, Matthys Basson, Mox Mxoli, Frans van Wyk, Jaco Visagie, Edgar Marutlulle, Adriaan Strauss.