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Erasmus announced his XI against Wallabies

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The match will be second test for both nations as the first test saw Amabokoboko walking away as victories.

The match played in Brisbane, Springboks have made 10 changes to their team to do battle in their next Rugby Championship away fixture against the same opponent in Perth on Saturday.

Amongst those changes include Scrumhalf Morne van den Berg and lock Ruan Nortje will be makingtheir debut, while Salmaan Moerat will be the captain of team during the weekend at the Optus Stadium.

The players such as the captain Siya Kolisi is among the nine players from Saturday’s 33-7 victory who will start at the bench.

His place will be occupied by loose forward Marco van Staden while the players who will start from previous game are Cheslin Kolbe (wing), Jesse Kriel (centre), Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu (flyhalf), Elrigh Louw (No 8) and Pieter-Steph du Toit, who moves from lock to flanker.

The reason behind all the changes came after Rassie Erasmus suggested that he should have a squad depth and building for the future.

Here is the squad that has been made by the Rugby World Cup winning Coach Erasmus.

15 Aphelele Fassi, 14 Cheslin Kolbe, 13 Jesse Kriel, 12 Lukhanyo Am, 11 Makazole Mapimpi, 10 Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, 9 Morne van den Berg, 8 Elrigh Louw, 7 Pieter-Steph du Toit, 6 Marco van Staden, 5 Ruan Nortje, 4 Salmaan Moerat (captain), 3 Thomas du Toit, 2 Johan Grobbelaar, 1 Jan-Hendrik Wessels

Substitutes: 16 Malcolm Marx, 17 Ox Nche, 18 Vincent Koch, 19 Eben Etzebeth, 20 Kwagga Smith, 21 Grant Williams, 22 Manie Libbok, 23 Handre Pollard

BY LUCKY SEANEGO

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