The Springboks take on Irish club side Connacht in the second of their three Rugby World Cup warm-up games on Tuesday 21 August.
Match details:
Event: Rugby World Cup warm-up
Date: Tuesday 21 August 2007
Venue: Sportsground, Galway
Kick-off: 19.30 SA (18.30 GMT)
Referee: George Clancy (Ire)
Touch judges: Peter Fitzgibbon, Leo Colgan (Ire)
Springbok changes:
- André Pretorius and Bryan Habana warm the bench
-Â Bob Skinstad starts at eighthman and captains the side
-Â Ruan Pienaar starts at flyhalf
-Â Butch James plays at inside centre
-Â JP Pietersen is at fullback
-Â Jean de Villiers has been left at home to recover from the rib injury suffered against Namibia
-Â Waylon Murray has been named on the bench
-Â Wikus van Heerden (recovered from a knee infection) and Danie Rossouw (recovered from a hamstring strain) are the starting loose forwards
-Â Gurthro Steenkamp makes an appearance at loosehead prop
-Â Bismarck du Plessis is preferred to Gary Botha in the starting XV
– Waylon Murray starts at centre with Jaque Fourie on the bench in order to reduce the likelyhood of injury to Fourie
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