Bok forced into late change

Published: Friday, 28. September, 2012 in category Australia

Springbok coach Heyneke Meyer has been forced into making late changes to his team for the Rugby Championship encounter with Australia.

World Cup-winning centre Frans Steyn has failed a fitness test at the captain's run on Friday, following a freak accident at training earlier this week when he injured his ankle.

Captain Jean de Villiers has been moved to No.12, with rookie Jaco Taute making his Test debut at No.13.

Juan de Jongh will come in on the bench.

South African - revised: 15 Zane Kirchner, 14 Bryan Habana, 13 Jaco Taute, 12 Jean de Villiers (captain), 11 Francois Hougaard, 10 Johan Goosen, 9 Ruan Pienaar, 8 Duane Vermeulen, 7 Willem Alberts, 6 Francois Louw, 5 Andries Bekker, 4 Eben Etzebeth, 3 Jannie du Plessis, 2 Adriaan Strauss, 1 Tendai Mtawarira.
Replacements: 16 Tiaan Liebenberg, 17 Coenie Oosthuizen, 18 Flip van der Merwe, 19 Marcell Coetzee, 20 Elton Jantjies, 21 Juan de Jongh, 22 Pat Lambie.

Date: Saturday, September 29
Venue: Loftus Versfeld, Pretoria
Kick-off: 17.00 (15.00 GMT)
Referee: Alain Rolland (Ireland)
Assistant referees: Romain Poite (France), Greg Garner (England)
TMO: Shaun Veldsman (South Africa)