Handre Pollard is on the bench. He kicked 14 points against Italy to surpass Percy Montgomery (111 points) as South Africa's all-time RWC points scorer on 115.

Hooker Schalk Brits makes his second start of RWC 2019. He became the second-oldest try scorer in RWC history when captaining the Springboks from number eight against Namibia

Frans Steyn, who starts at inside-centre, has scored only four test points in the last seven years, kicking two conversions against Japan in a Rugby World Cup warm-up match.