Springboks team to face Scotland at Murrayfield

South Africa have made two personnel changes and two positional switches after naming their starting XV for Saturday's clash with Scotland at Murrayfield.

Former Toulon forward Duane Vermeulen moves back to number eight in place of the injured Warren Whiteley, while Pieter-Steph du Toit will pack down at blindside flanker having started against England and France at lock.

With former skipper Eben Etzebeth still recovering from the injury he sustained in their narrow defeat to Eddie Jones' England, RG Snyman takes over in the second row.

Embrose Papier will also earn his first starting cap for the Springboks after being given the nod at scrum-half.



Springboks team to play Scotland

Forwards: 1 Steven Kitshoff (DHL Western Province), 2 Malcolm Marx (Xerox Golden Lions), 3 Frans Malherbe (DHL Western Province), 4 RG Snyman (Honda Heat), 5 Franco Mostert (Gloucester), 6 Siya Kolisi (Captain, DHL Western Province), 7 Pieter-Steph du Toit (DHL Western Province), 8 Duane Vermeulen (Kubota Spears)

Backs: 9 Embrose Papier (Vodacom Blue Bulls), 10 Handré Pollard (Vodacom Blue Bulls), 11 Aphiwe Dyantyi (Xerox Golden Lions), 12 Damian de Allende (DHL Western Province), 13 Jesse Kriel (Vodacom Blue Bulls), 14 Sbu Nkosi (Cell C Sharks), 15 Willie le Roux (Wasps)

Replacements: 16 Bongi Mbonambi (DHL Western Province), 17 Thomas du Toit (Cell C Sharks), 18 Vincent Koch (Saracens), 19 Lood de Jager (Vodacom Blue Bulls), 20 Francois Louw (Bath), 21 Ivan van Zyl (Vodacom Blue Bulls), 22 Elton Jantjies (Xerox Golden Lions), 23 Cheslin Kolbe (Toulouse)

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