The Stormers have unveiled two changes to their starting forward pack to face the Blues in a Super Rugby match in Auckland on Friday.
Frans Malherbe returns at tighthead prop in place of Pat Cilliers while openside flanker Siya Kolisi comes back in for the injured Michael Rhodes, with loose forward Rynhardt Elstadt shifting across to the blindside.
Coach Allister Coetzee has also named two fit-again Springboks on his reserve bench for the match at North Harbour Stadium – lock Eben Etzebeth and five-eighth Elton Jantjies.
Etzebeth hasn’t played this season after injuring his ankle in a pre-season match.
The 10th-placed Stormers have won their last two games, including last weekend’s 18-16 defeat of the Hurricanes in Palmerston North.
Stormers: Joe Pietersen, Gio Aplon, Juan de Jongh, Jean de Villiers (capt), Bryan Habana, Gary van Aswegen, Dewaldt Duvenage, Duane Vermeulen, Rynhardt Elstadt, Siya Kolisi, Andries Bekker, De Kock Steenkamp, Frans Malherbe, Deon Fourie, Steven Kitshoff. Res: Scarra Ntubeni, Pat Cilliers, Eben Etzebeth, Nizaam Carr, Louis Schreuder, Elton Jantjies, Damian de Allende.