The Springboks have made late changes to their starting XV for Saturday’s Nations Championship clash against England at Ellis Park.
Siya Kolisi and Eben Etzebeth have both been ruled out of the match.
Unconfirmed reports emanating from the Springbok camp say that the uncapped Paul de Villiers will start in place of Kolisi at openside flank with Pieter-Steph du Toit moving from blindside flank into the second row.
Cameron Hanekom will start in the No 7 jersey having initially been named among the replacements.
Ben-Jason Dixon or Cobus Wiese are expected to move onto the bench.
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SPRINGBOKS – 15 Damian Willemse, 14 Cheslin Kolbe, 13 Jesse Kriel, 12 Damian de Allende, 11 Kurt-Lee Arendse, 10 Manie Libbok, 9 Grant Williams, 8 Jasper Wiese, 7 Cameron Hanekom, 6 Paul de Villiers, 5 Ruan Nortjé, 4 Pieter-Steph du Toit, 3 Thomas du Toit, 2 Malcolm Marx, 1 Ox Nché.
Bench: 16 Jan-Hendrik Wessels, 17 Gerhard Steenekamp, 18 Zach Porthen, 19 Marco van Staden, 20 Ben-Jason Dixon/Cobus Wiese, 21 Cobus Reinach, 22 André Esterhuizen, 23 Canan Moodie.
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