South Africa head coach Jacques Nienaber has made three changes to the Springboks starting line-up for Saturday’s Autumn Nations Series clash against Scotland.
Full-back Willie Le Roux, fly-half Elton Jantjies and lock Franco Mostert all feature following a 23-18 victory over Wales in Cardiff last weekend.
Le Roux replaces Damian Willemse, who is following concussion return-to-play protocols after going off during the first half against Wales, with Jantjies in for Handre Pollard and Mostert taking over from Lood De Jager.
Pollard and De Jager are both among the replacements, while Mostert and wing Jesse Kriel win their 50th caps.
Nienaber said: “Scotland will be a force to be reckoned with at Murrayfield, so it was important for us to maintain continuity within our squad.
“Scotland have a quality team with a number of experienced players and a few British and Irish Lions players, so we are under no illusions about the challenge ahead.
“We laid a good foundation for the tour in Cardiff last week, and we know what areas we would like to improve on.
“We created opportunities to score points last week, but we didn’t convert some of them, and we also conceded several penalties, so we need to step up our discipline as well.”
— Springboks (@Springboks) November 9, 2021
South Africa team to face Scotland
Forwards: 1 Ox Nché (Cell C Sharks), 2 Bongi Mbonambi (Cell C Sharks), 3 Trevor Nyakane (Vodacom Bulls), 4 Eben Etzebeth (Toulon), 5 Franco Mostert (Honda Heat), 6 Siya Kolisi (CAPTAIN, Cell C Sharks), 7 Kwagga Smith (Yamaha Júbilo), 8 Duane Vermeulen (Ulster)
Backs: 9 Herschel Jantjies (DHL Stormers), 10 Elton Jantjies (NTT Docomo Red Hurricanes), 11 Makazole Mapimpi (Cell C Sharks), 12 Damian de Allende (Munster), 13 Lukhanyo Am (Cell C Sharks), 14 Jesse Kriel (Canon Eagles), 15 Willie le Roux (Toyota Verblitz)
Replacements: 16 Malcolm Marx (Kubota Spears), 17 Steven Kitshoff (DHL Stormers), 18 Vincent Koch (Saracens), 19 Lood de Jager (Sale Sharks), 20 Jasper Wiese (Leicester Tigers), 21 Cobus Reinach (Montpellier), 22 Handré Pollard (Montpellier), 23 Frans Steyn (Toyota Cheetahs)