Junior Boks scrumhalf Zak Burger will start in one of six changes to the Griquas XV to face Western Province at Newlands on Saturday.
Burger, who was part of the South African side that finished third at the World Rugby U20 Championship, replaces the injured Christiaan Meyer in the only change to the backline.
Up front, Conway Pretorius comes in for Jonathan Janse van Rensburg at No 8, while FP Pelser replaces Wandile Putuma at No 4 lock.
There is also a new front row, with Nicolaas Oosthuizen replacing Ewald van der Westhuizen at tighthead, Devon Martinus starting ahead of Liam Hendricks at loosehead and Khwezi Mkhafu coming in for Wilmar Arnoldi at hooker.
Griquas – 15 AJ Coertzen, 14 Ederies Arendse, 13 Kyle Steyn (c), 12 Andre Swarts, 11 Enver Brandt, 10 George Whitehead, 9 Zak Burger, 8 Conway Pretorius, 7 Sias Koen, 6 Eital Bredenkamp, 5 Pieter Jansen van Vuren, 4 FP Pelser, 3 Nicolaas Oosthuizen, 2 Khwezi Mkhafu, 1 Devon Martinus.
Subs: 16 AJ le Roux, 17 Liam Hendricks, 18 Ewald van der Westhuizen, 19 Sintu Manjezi, 20 Stephan Janse van Rensburg, 21 Wendal Wehr, 22 Christopher Bosch.
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