The side named their starting XV for the clash and coach Franco Smith opted to deploy the younger and inexperienced players first-up.

Reniel Hugo, who is the son of former Springbok lock and Western Province stalwart, Niel Hugo, will captain the side while former Griquas scrumhalf, Tian Meyer, will be his vice-captain.

Smith has, however, named a strong bench with the more senior players, including the season captain, Francois Venter.

Smith told OFM Sport that they’ve done all the hard work, now they can’t wait to get onto the park.

“We can’t wait to get out on the field now and start playing games so that we can go to our next level of preparation and where we can rectify mistakes that often happen during games.

“I think we’ve done a good job in preparing the guys for the first two warm-up games and hopefully we’ll see some of the work come through.

“Like I mentioned, it’s a start and I don’t expect fireworks from the start.”

Saturday’s game kicks off at 15:00.

Toyota Cheetahs - 15 Gerrie Labuschagne, 14 Ruan van Rensburg, 13 Reinhardt Erwee, 12 Michael van der Spuy, 11 Clayton Blommetjies, 10 Niel Marais, 9 Tian Meyer (vice-captain), 8 Henco Venter, 7 Tienie Burger, 6 Paul Schoeman, 5 Reniel Hugo (captain), 4 Armandt Koster, 3 Luan de Bruin, 2 Jacques du Toit, 1 Danie Mienie.

Replacements -  16 Torsten van Jaarsveld, 17 Charles Marais, 18 Maks van Dyk, 19 Hilton Lobberts, 20 Carl Wegner, 21 Niell Jordaan, 22 Shaun Venter, 23 Fred Zeilinga, 24 Francois Venter, 25 Raymond Rhule.

Bulls – 15 Divan Rossouw, 14 Kefentse Mahlo, 13 Dries Swanepoel, 12 Dan Kriel, 11 Jade Stighling, 10 Tian Schoeman, 9 Piet van Zyl, 8 Hanro Liebenberg, 7 Nicolaas Janse van Rensburg, 6 Freddy Ngoza, 5 Marvin Orie (captain), 4 Jason Jenkins, 3 Werner Kruger, 2 Callie Visagie, 1 Lizo Gqoboka.

Replacements -  16 Jaco Visagie, 17 Pierre Schoeman, 18 Nqoba Mxoli, 19 Irne Herbst, 20 Riekert Hattingh, 21 Ivan van Zyl, 22 Francois Brummer, 23 JT Jackson, 24 Jamba Ulengo.

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