S Africa v Namibia: Teams
South Africa will take nothing for granted when they take on neighbours Namibia at North Harbour Stadium.
Last Updated: 21/09/11 7:19am
South Africa will take nothing for granted when they take on neighbours Namibia at North Harbour Stadium on Thursday.
Coach Peter de Villiers has resisted the urge to make wholesale changes to his line-up, with only Gio Aplon, Francois Hougaard, Willem Alberts, CJ van der Linde and Bryan Habana coming into the starting XV for the clash with the minnows.
Aplon, Hougaard, Alberts and van der Linde will be making their first starts of the campaign, while Habana has been declared fit after missing the rout of Fiji.
Fourie du Preez and Heinrich Brussow both drop to the bench while JP Pietersen, Odwa Ndungane, Jannie du Plessis and Bismarck du Plessis are given a break.
There is a place on the bench for Chiliboy Ralepelle but Victor Matfield, Johann Muller, Jean de Villiers and Butch James are all ruled out through injury.
Namibia have made six changes to their line-up following the 49-12 loss to Samoa.
Bertus O'Callaghan, Marius Visser, Nico Esterhuyse, Tinus du Plessis and Heine Bock all return, while Jacques Nieuwenhuis switches to No.8.
Hugo Horn and Pieter Jan van Lill both drop to the bench for the encounter, while Raoul Larson, Llewellyn Winkler and Henk Franken are omitted from the squad.
South Africa 15 Pat Lambie, 14 Gio Aplon, 13 Jaque Fourie, 12 Frans Steyn, 11 Bryan Habana, 10 Morné Steyn, 9 Francois Hougaard, 8 Pierre Spies, 7 Schalk Burger, 6 Willem Alberts, 5 Danie Rossouw, 4 Bakkies Botha, 3 CJ van der Linde, 2 John Smit (c), 1 Gurthrö Steenkamp.
Replacements: 16 Chiliboy Ralepelle, 17 Tendai Mtawarira, 18 François Louw, 19 Heinrich Brussow, 20 Fourie du Preez, 21 Ruan Pienaar, 22 Juan de Jongh.
Namibia: 15 Chrysander Botha, 14 Danie Dames, 13 Danie van Wyk, 12 Piet van Zyl, 11 Heine Bock, 10 Theuns Kotze, 9 Eugene Jantjies, 8 Jacques Nieuwenhuis, 7 Jacques Burger (c), 6 Tinus Du Plessis, 5 Nico Esterhuyse, 4 Heinz Koll, 3 Marius Visser, 2 Bertus O'Callaghan, 1 Johnnie Redelinghuys.
Replacements: 16 Hugo Horn, 17 Jane du Toit, 18 Pieter Jan van Lill, 19 Rohan Kitshoff, 20 Ryan de la Harpe, 21 Darryl de la Harpe, 22 Conrad Marais
