, Franco Mostert, Deon Fourie. Backs Faf de Klerk, Jaden Hendrikse, Grant Williams, Cobus Reinach, Manie Libbok, Damian Willemse, André Esterhuizen, Jesse Kriel, Damian de Allende, Canan Moodie, Cheslin Kolbe, Makazole Mapimpi, Kurt-Lee Arendse, Willie le Roux. Latest South Africa news Canan Moodie will play a first Test at centre and there is another start for returning captain Siya Kolisi as head coach Nienaber named his team to play New Zealand in a Rugby World Cup warm-up at Twickenham. Wing Moodie scored two tries in the 52-16 win over Wales in Cardiff at the weekend but will move to a less familiar role at outside centre in place of Jesse Kriel, who also got a brace in that game. He has not played centre since schoolboy level. The injury absence of stalwart Lukhanyo Am means 20-year-old Moodie will provide cover at No 13 for the Springboks. He will partner André Esterhuizen in the midfield, with Damian Willemse, showing no ill-effects of his clash of heads with Wales wing Rio Dyer, starting in the full-back position. Kurt-Lee Arendse returns to the side on the wing along with 2019 World Cup winner Makazole Mapimpi. Fly-half Manie Libbok and Faf de Klerk make up the halfback pairing. Kolisi played 40 minutes against Wales after returning from a serious knee injury sustained in April, the first time he has appeared in the green and gold jersey in 2023. He will get another run against the All Blacks as he builds fitness ahead of the Boks' World Cup Pool B opener against Scotland in Marseille. Pieter-Steph du Toit retains his place as the other flanker, while 37-year-old Duane Vermeulen comes in at No 8. Eben Etzebeth and Franco Mostert also return as the lock pairing but the front row is the same with hooker){kind=link}
Your guide to South Africa at the Rugby World Cup 2023, where the defending champions have been pooled in the ‘Group of Death’
Defending champions South Africa open their title defence at the 2023 Rugby World Cup with the first of their four Pool B matches against Scotland on September 10.
Jacques Nienaber’s team, along with the Scots, Ireland, Romania and Tonga, have been pooled in what some have described as the ‘Group of Death’. The three-time world champions, however, will be confident they can progress to the quarter-finals.
Back-to-back wins over Argentina in the Rugby Championship and their first World Cup warm-up match, were followed by a 52-16 thrashing of Wales. Having lost just one match in July’s Rugby Championship, Springboks will get the opportunity to exact revenge on New Zealand when the two sides meet in their final warm-up match at Twickenham on August 25.
South Africa v Scotland, Stade de Marseille, Marseille – 4.45pm (GMT)