South Africa make three changes for game against Scotland

South Africa head coach Jacques Nienaber has made three changes to the starting line-up for the upcoming clash against Scotland to be played at Murrayfield Stadium on 13th November.

Damian Willemse will undergo return to play protocols following a concussion with Willie le Roux returning to replace him at fullback. The second change sees Elton Jantjies taking the kicking responsibility with Handre Pollard shifting to the bench.

The final change sees Franco Mostert on his 50th appearance returning to second row in the place of Lood de Jager, who drops down to the bench. Apart from Mostert, Jesse Kriel will also win his 50th Test cap for Springboks.

The game will also be a special occasion for Frans Steyn as he is set to go past Victor Matfield as he is set to become the first Springbok to play Test rugby for longer than 15 years when he comes off the bench.

“Scotland have a quality team with a number of experienced players and a few British & Irish Lions players, so we are under no illusions about the challenge ahead,” said Nienaber.

“They are a physical side with solid set pieces, but they also have the skills to run the ball, so we’ll have to be accurate on attack and defence.

“We laid a good foundation for the tour in Cardiff last week, and we know what areas we would like to improve on.

"We created opportunities to score points last week, but we didn’t convert some of them, and we also conceded several penalties, so we need to step up our discipline as well."

Team line up:

South Africa: 15 Willie le Roux, 14 Jesse Kriel, 13 Lukhanyo Am, 12 Damian de Allende, 11 Makazole Mapimpi, 10 Elton Jantjies, 9 Herschel Jantjies, 8 Duane Vermeulen, 7 Kwagga Smith, 6 Siya Kolisi (c), 5 Franco Mostert, 4 Eben Etzebeth, 3 Trevor Nyakane, 2 Bongi Mbonambi, 1 Ox Nché

Reserves: 16 Malcolm Marx, 17 Steven Kitshoff, 18 Vincent Koch, 19 Lood de Jager, 20 Jasper Wiese, 21 Cobus Reinach, 22 Handré Pollard, 23 Frans Steyn