South Africa’s Autumn Internationals conclude in Cardiff on Saturday, and head coach Rassie Erasmus has made numerous changes to the side that beat England at Twickenham last weekend.

The outside backs are unchanged, but Erasmus has opted to play the Hendrikse brothers, Jaden and Jordan, at half-back. They replace Grant Williams and Manie Libbok, respectively.

There are more changes in the pack, with Johan Grobbelaar coming in at hooker, Thomas du Toit at prop, Franco Mostert in the second row, and Elrigh Louw at flanker (the latter replacing the injured Pieter-Steph du Toit). Erasmus swapped things around further on Friday, with Ox Nche (loosehead) and Jean Kleyn (who’d replaced Eben Etzebeth at lock) dropping out of the side. Wilco Louw (tighthead) and Etzebeth are restored to the starting XV, with du Toit moving across from tighthead to loosehead.

Having reverted to a more traditional 5-3 split among the replacements last time out, Erasmus has brought his “Bomb Squad” back against Wales, picking a 6-2 split. Back rower Cameron Hanekom is in line to make his debut from the bench, as the Springboks aim to complete an unofficial triple crown against struggling Wales (on a record run of 11 straight defeats), having already beaten Scotland and England this month.

“Wales are a proud nation with a world-renowned coach in Warren Gatland, and they’ll do everything to finish their campaign on a high note,” said Erasmus.“We’ve experienced first-hand how a run of defeats can galvanise a team, and the fact that they’ll be playing at home with a passionate crowd behind them will inspire them even more – just as our supporters inspire us when we play at home.

“Obviously we’d love to finish the tour unbeaten, but we are well aware of the fact that we’ve have a few close results against them over the years at the Principality Stadium.”

Wales v South Africa kicks off at 5.40pm GMT on Saturday 23 November.

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South Africa Autumn Internationals – team v Wales

15. Aphelele Fassi
14. Cheslin Kolbe
13. Jesse Kriel
12. Damian de Allende
11. Kurt-Lee Arendse
10. Jordan Hendrikse
9. Jaden Hendrikse

1. Thomas du Toit
2. Johan Grobbelaar
3. Wilco Louw
4. Eben Etzebeth
5. Franco Mostert
6. Siya Kolisi (captain)
7. Elrigh Louw
8. Jasper Wiese

Replacements:
16. Malcolm Marx
17. Gerhard Steenekamp
18. Vincent Koch
19. Marco van Staden
20. RG Snyman
21. Cameron Hanekom
22. Cobus Reinach
23. Handre Pollard

South Africa Autumn Internationals squad 2024

Forwards

Thomas du Toit (Bath, 22 caps)
Vincent Koch (Hollywoodbets Sharks, 60 caps)
Frans Malherbe (DHL Stormers, 76 caps)
Ox Nche (Hollywoodbets Sharks, 39 caps)
Gerhard Steenekamp (Vodacom Bulls, 10 caps)
Malcolm Marx (Kubota Spears, 75 caps)
Bongi Mbonambi (Hollywoodbets Sharks, 77 caps)
Eben Etzebeth (Hollywoodbets Sharks, 130 caps)
Franco Mostert (Honda Heat, 77 caps)
Ruan Nortje (Vodacom Bulls, 6 caps)
RG Snyman (Leinster, 39 caps)
Pieter-Steph du Toit (Toyota Verblitz, 86 caps)
Siya Kolisi (captain, Hollywoodbet Sharks, 91 caps)
Elrigh Louw (Vodacom Bulls, 12 caps)
Wilco Louw (Vodacom Bulls, 15 caps)
Kwagga Smith (Shizuoka Blue Revs, 51 caps)
Marco van Staden (Vodacom Bulls, 24 caps)
Jasper Wiese (Urayasu D-Rocks, 33 caps)
Jan-Hendrik Wessels (Vodacom Bulls, 3 caps)

Backs

Jaden Hendrikse (Hollywoodbets Sharks, 19 caps)
Cobus Reinach (Montpellier, 38 caps )
Grant Williams (Hollywoodbets Sharks, 17 caps)
Manie Libbok (DHL Stormers, 19 caps)
Handré Pollard (Leicester Tigers, 79 caps)
Lukhanyo Am (Hollywoodbets Sharks, 42 caps)
Damian de Allende (Wild Knights, 86 caps)
Andre Esterhuizen (Hollywoodbets Sharks, 19 caps)
Jesse Kriel (Canon Eagles, 78 caps)
Kurt-Lee Arendse (Vodacom Bulls, 23 caps)
Aphelele Fassi (Hollywoodbets Sharks, 10 caps)
Cheslin Kolbe (Suntory Sungoliath, 39 caps)
Willie le Roux (Vodacom Bulls, 98 caps)
Makazole Mapimpi (Hollywoodbets Sharks, 46 caps)
Canan Moodie (Vodacom Bulls, 12 caps)
Damian Willemse (DHL Stormers, 40 caps)

South Africa Autumn Internationals fixtures 2024

Saturday 23 November 2024

• Wales v South Africa
  Principality Stadium, Cardiff
  Kick-off: 5.40pm GMT / 7.40pm SAST / 4.40am AEDT (Sunday) / 6.40am NZDT (Sunday) / 12.40pm ET / 9.40am PT

South Africa Autumn Internationals results 2024

Sunday 10 November 2024

• Scotland 15 v 32 South Africa
  Scottish Gas Murrayfield, Edinburgh

Saturday 16 November 2024

• England 20 v 29 South Africa
  Allianz Stadium (Twickenham), London