Mostert, Faf de Klerk and Willie le Roux in starting line-up for South Africa

South Africa has been bolstered by the return of Willie le Roux, Faf de Klerk and Franco Mostert in the starting line-up for the upcoming clash against France to be played on Saturday.

All the three players missed the opening game of the series against England at Twickenham as the Test was played outside the international window and the clubs are not entitled to release them for such matches. Le Roux is featuring for Wasps while de Klerk and Mostert are part of Sale Sharks and Gloucester Rugby respectively.

Damian Willemse drops out of matchday23 squad to accommodate le Roux while de Klerk takes the scrum-half position from Ivan van Zyl.

Meanwhile, lock Eben Etzebeth, who sustained a foot injury during the game against England has been replaced by Mostert.

South Africa head coach Rassie Erasmus has made three changes to the bench as well with Vincent Koch, Francois Louw and Cheslin Kolbe coming in the places of Wilco Louw , Lood de Jager and Andre Esterhuizen respectively.

After the clash against France, the Boks will face Scotland and Wales on 17th and 24th November in the remainder of their European tour.

South Africa starting XV: Willie le Roux, S’bu Nkosi, Jesse Kriel, Damian de Allende, Aphiwe Dyantyi, Handré Pollard, Faf de Klerk, Warren Whiteley, Duane Vermeulen, Siya Kolisi (c), Franco Mostert, Pieter-Steph du Toit, Frans Malherbe, Malcolm Marx, Steven Kitshoff

Replacements: Bongi Mbonambi, Thomas du Toit, Vincent Koch, RG Snyman, Francois Louw, Embrose Papier, Elton Jantjies, Cheslin Kolbe