Bulls head coach Johan Ackermann said as far as he could, he would strive to select mostly the same matchday 23s in the coming weeks.
There are just six regular-season United Rugby Championship URC games left before the play-offs, with the Champions Cup knockouts also in the mix, starting with a last 16 game against Glasgow Warriors in Scotland in three weeks.
Its crunch time for the Pretoria Union , eighth on the URC table and within immediate catching distance of Connacht also on 30 points but a lower points difference and 10th-placed Ospreys on 29 points.
