The Blue Bulls have announced numerous changes and promotions amongst their coaching staff and players ahead of the new season.
Promotions
The new-look, updated squad will include two loan players from the MTN Lions, Callie Visagie and Lionel Mapoe.
There are also new signings who played Super Rugby for the MTN Lions last season, Paul Willemse and Grant Hattingh, as well as Marcel van der Merwe from the Toyota Cheetahs.
With 19 Springboks within the side, including Japan-based Wynand Olivier, the team also includes a group of IRB JWC-winning Junior Springboks. Together with Pollard and four other schoolboy prospects, William Small-Smith, Jan Serfontein, Shaun Adendorff, Wiaan Liebenberg and Marvin Orie are all included in the squad.
Ludeke also revealed his new coaching assistants after several promotions from within the club.
Pine Pienaar, the Blue Bulls Currie Cup head coach will now be the new defence coach in the shake-up with Andrè Volsteedt now the head of strength and conditioning.
It was also confirmed that Xander Janse van Rensburg will be the new high performance manager.
