Libbie Janse van Rensburg will captain a much-changed Springbok Women team against a Fijiana XV in Suva on Saturday.
The 31-year-old is the only backline player who retains her place in the starting XV from the Test against the USA Eagles Women in Pretoria last month.
Among the forwards, only Vainah Ubisi and Sizophila Solontsi will start again.
In total, 13 members from the match 23 at Loftus Versfeld are involved again, while Shiniqwa Lamprecht will make her Test debut at centre.
Two of her fellow Springbok Women’s Sevens regulars, Patience Mokone and Zintle Mpupha, will be starting for the first time this year.
No 8 Aseza Hele and hooker Lindelwa Gwala will also don the green and gold for the first time since the 2025 Women’s World Cup in England last year.
In other changes to the pack, Lerato Makua will start at flanker, Nomsa Mokwai at lock and Nombuyekezo Mdliki at tighthead prop after coming off the bench in Pretoria, while Anushka Groenewald, Yonela Ngxingolo and Sinelitha Noxeke will again deliver impact as part of a bench containing six forwards and two backs.
Among the backs, Anacadia Minnaar and Maceala Samboya will earn starts after coming off the bench in Pretoria, while Alichia Arries and Catha Jacobs, starters at Loftus, are now on the bench.
Byrhandré Dolf, who was rested for the second Test against the USA after playing in the Johannesburg opener, is also back and will start at fullback.
Prop Xoliswa Khuzwayo will make a first start since the Rugby Africa Women’s Cup in Nairobi, as will flanker Nobuhle Mjwara, who played off the bench in Kenya.
SPRINGBOK WOMEN – 15 Byrhandré Dolf, 14 Maceala Samboya, 13 Zintle Mpupha, 12 Shiniqwa Lamprecht, 11 Patience Mokone, 10 Libbie Janse van Rensburg (c), 9 Anacadia Minnaar, 8 Aseza Hele, 7 Lerato Makua, 6 Sizophila Solontsi, 5 Nomsa Mokwai, 4 Vainah Ubisi, 3 Nombuyekezo Mdliki, 2 Lindelwa Gwala, 1 Xoliswa Khuzwayo.
Bench: 16 Anushka Groenewald, 17 Yonela Ngxingolo, 18 Thandile Mazwi, 19 Catha Jacobs, 20 Sinelitha Noxeke, 21 Nobuhle Mjwara, 22 Felicia Jacobs, 23 Alichia Arries.
Photo: Ashley Vlotman/Gallo Images
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