The Bulls have gone early with their team announcement for the United Rugby Championship final against Leinster as Jake White makes one change to his XV.

The tweak is injury-enforced with Cameron Hanekom having suffered an issue in the 25-13 semi-final win over the Sharks which rules him out of the game at Croke Park.

skipper Ruan Nortje, which sees Marcell Coetzee shifting over to number eight in what remains an all-Springboks back-row trio.

The tight five remains unchanged with Jan-Hendrik Wessels, Johan Grobbelaar and Wilco Louw in the front-row with Cobus Wiese and JF van Heerden starting as locks.

Moving to the backline and last week’s star player, Sebastian de Klerk, continues at left wing alongside Canan Moodie while veteran Willie le Roux is the full-back once again.

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The hugely reliable centre partnership of Harold Vorster and David Kriel offers yet more consistency, with the latter scoring a crucial try in the URC semi-final win last weekend.

Embrose Papier and Johan Goosen are retained as the Bullks‘ half-back combination and will be eager to win their playmaking battle against their direct Irish opponents

Carr is joined on the bench by Akker van der Merwe, Simphiwe Matanzima, Mornay Smith, Jannes Kirsten, Zak Burger, Keagan Johannes and finally, Devon Williams.

The Bulls are looking for what would be their first URC title success having lost two finals since the tournament’s inception but go into the fixture as heavy underdogs.