Chris Smith will once against start at flyhalf for the game, despite Morné Steyn having his ban reduced by a week.

The coach, Jake White, opted to name the seasoned campaigner on the bench for the game.

White said Smith deserved to retain the number ten jersey following his performance in the 45-7 win over Benetton in Treviso.

“He was the man of the match the last time we played and he has been training with the backline. I just thought that it would be less of a disruption.

“At the backend of the game to have Morné Steyn's experience there will be important.

“There are a lot of factors but you also need to reward players that have done well.

“Chris has done really well, not just in the game against Benetton, but also over the last two weeks combining with those other backs.”

Tomorrow afternoon’s game at Loftus Versfeld kicks off at 16:05. Tonight at 19:05 the Sharks tackle Scarlets at Kings’ Park in Durban.

Bulls - 15 Kurt-Lee Arendse, 14 Cornal Hendricks, 13 Lionel Mapoe, 12 Harold Vorster, 11 Madosh Tambwe, 10 Chris Smith, 9 Embrose Papier, 8 Elrigh Louw, 7 Arno Botha, 6 Marcell Coetzee (captain), 5 Ruan Nortje, 4 Walt Steenkamp, 3 Jacques van Rooyen, 2 Johan Grobbelaar, 1 Gerhard Steenekamp.

Replacements - 16 Bismarck du Plessis, 17 Simphiwe Matanzima, 18 Robert Hunt, 19 Janko Swanepoel, 20 WJ Steenkamp, 21 Zak Burger, 22 Morne Steyn, 23 Canan Moodie.

Munster – 15 Mike Haley, 14 Calvin Nash, 13 Chris Farrell, 12 Rory Scannell, 11 Simon Zebo, 10 Ben Healy, 9 Neil Cronin, 8 Alex Kendellen, 7 Chris Cloete, 6 Jack O’Donoghue (captain), 5 Fineen Wycherley, 4 Jean Kleyn, 3 Stephen Archer, 2 Niall Scannell, 1 Josh Wycherley.

Replacements - 16 Diarmuid Barron, 17 Mark Donnelly, 18 John Ryan, 19 Eoin O’Connor, 20 John Hodnett, 21 Paddy Patterson, 22 Jack Crowley, 23 Damian de Allende.

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