Bulls v Hurricanes: Teams

Bulls captain Victor Matfield will pass another milestone on Friday when he makes his 100th Super Rugby appearance in the match against Hurricanes.

Matfield, who celebrated his 50th match as captain against the Highlanders, has played 91 times for the Bulls after making eight appearances with the Cats.

Coach Frans Ludeke has also recalled Deon Stegmann to the starting XV, with Derick Kuün dropping down to the bench.

Prop Bees Roux has been provisionally named on the bench despite having suffered a nasty cut to the head in the win over the Highlanders.

Hurricanes coach has reacted angrily to his side's defeat to the Stormers by axing five players.

Piri Weepu is the most high-profile of those dropped, with Scott Waldrom, David Smith, Bryn Evans and Jacob Ellison on the bench against the Bulls at Loftus Versfeld.

Tyson Keats replaces Weepu while Alapati Leiua, Jeremy Thrush, Karl Lowe and John Schwalger come in at their respective positions.

Injury to Cory Jane means Andre Taylor moves to full-back.

Bulls: 15 Zane Kirchner, 14 Gerhard van den Heever, 13 Stephan Dippenaar, 12 Wynand Olivier, 11 Francois Hougaard, 10 Morné Steyn, 9 Fourie du Preez, 8 Pierre Spies, 7 Dewald Potgieter, 6 Deon Stegmann, 5 Victor Matfield (c), 4 Danie Rossouw, 3 Werner Kruger, 2 Gary Botha, 1 Gurthrö Steenkamp.
Replacements: 16 Bandise Maku, 17 Bees Roux/Rossouw de Klerk, 18 Flip van der Merwe, 19 Derick Kuün, 20 Jacques-Louis Potgieter, 21 Jaco van der Westhuyzen, 22 Pedrie Wannenburg.

Hurricanes: 15 Andre Taylor, 14 Tamati Ellison, 13 Conrad Smith, 12 Ma'a Nonu, 11 Alapati Leiua, 10 Willie Ripia, 9 Tyson Keats, 8 Rodney So'oialo, 7 Karl Lowe, 6 Victor Vito, 5 Michael Paterson, 4 Jeremy Thrush, 3 Neemia Tialata, 2 Andrew Hore (capt), 1 John Schwalger.
Replacements: 16 Dane Coles, 17 Jacob Ellison, 18 Bryn Evans, 19 Nick Crosswell, 20 Piri Weepu, 21 Aaron Cruden, 22 David Smith.