Former Western Province first five-eighth Louis Koen has been retained in the Bulls' team for tomorrow's match against the Stormers at Pretoria, giving him a crack at his former team-mates.
Koen, who plays his provincial rugby for the Lions, was drafted to the Bulls this season.
He proved an instant success ashe kicked his new side to wins over the Cats, with whom he played in 2000, 2001 and last year, and the Hurricanes.
The 27-year-old also turned out for Currie Cup winners Western Province - the base for the Stormers franchise - in 1997.
He has scored 75 points for the Bulls in four matches, through nine conversions and 15 penalties, but he had a fairly quiet outing against the Brumbies, his team's last fixture of their four-match Australasian tour.
Coach Rudy Joubert opted to stick by Koen in what is shaping up to be a crucial match.
Joubert has made changes to his side who went down 64-26 to the Brumbies in Canberra, most notably the return of Jaco van der Westhuyzen at fullback. He replaces Eddie Fredericks, with the latter moving to the right wing in John Daniels' place.
The Bulls are seventh on the table and the Stormers lie 10th, badly in need of a win. However, there is only one point between them.
Bulls: Jaco van der Westhuyzen, Eddie Fredericks, Frikkie Welsh, Anton Pitout, Dewey Swartbooi, Louis Koen, Fourie de Preez; Pedrie Wannenburg, Wikus van Heerden, Victor Matfield (capt), Bakkies Botha, Piet Krause, Richard Bands, Danie Coetzee, Christo Bezuidenhout. Res: Riaan van der Bergh, Derick Hougaard, Coenraad Groenewald, Jacques Cronje, Geo Cronje, Matthew Proudfoot, Dale Santon.
Stormers: Lean van Dyk, Egon Seconds, Robbie Fleck, Leon van den Heever, Gus Theron, Werner Greeff, Johannes Conradie, Adri Badenhorst, Pierre Uys, Hottie Louw, Selborne Boome (capt), Hendrik Gerber, Faan Rautenbach, Pieter Dixon, Daan Human. Res: Tjoepie van den Heever, Cobus Visagie, Eddie Andrews, Quinton Davids, Jaco Gouws, Neil de Kock, Grant Esterhuizen.
