South Africa Sevens star Cornal Hendricks will make his Test debut for the Springboks against the World 15s on Sunday morning.
The speedy Hendricks is the only newcomer in the team as Springbok Coach Heyneke Meyer opted for continuity in his team’s first match of the year.
The old firm of Bakkies Botha and interim captain Victor Matfield are reunited in the second row.
JP Pietersen moves to outside centre.
South Africa will take on the World 15s at 2am Sunday.
South Africa: 15 Willie le Roux, 14 Cornal Hendricks, 13 JP Pietersen, 12 Frans Steyn, 11 Bryan Habana, 10 Morne Steyn, 9 Ruan Pienaar, 8 Duane Vermeulen, 7 Willem Alberts, 6 Francois Louw, 5 Victor Matfield (c), 4 Bakkies Botha, 3 Jannie du Plessis, 2 Bismarck du Plessis, 1 Tendai Mtawarira.
Replacements: 16 Schalk Brits, 17 Gurthro Steenkamp, 18 Coenie Oosthuizen, 19 Flip van der Merwe, 20 Schalk Burger, 21 Fourie du Preez, 22 Johan Goosen, 23 Lwazi Mvovo.
In other test matches, the Wallabies meet France at 10pm this Saturday while the All Blacks play England at 7:35pm while Argentina host Ireland at 8:30am Sunday.
