Bongi Mbonambi will captain the Springboks for the first time, while Deon Fourie will get a first Test start in a heavily-rotated side to face Argentina in a World Cup warm-up in Buenos Aires on Saturday.
The team shows 14 changes to the starting line-up, and the bench includes talented Vodacom Bulls prop Gerhard Steenekamp, who could make his Springbok debut.
Steenekamp, who has progressed through the South African rugby ranks in the past few seasons after representing the Junior Springboks and making a strong statement for the Vodacom Bulls in the Vodacom United Rugby Championship, is the only uncapped player in the squad, and will become Springbok No 933.
Nienaber also named a rejigged bench, with utility forward Jean-Luc du Preez and scrumhalf Herschel Jantjies donning the jersey for the first time this season as the coaches attempt to give as many players as possible a chance to prove themselves before naming the 33-man Rugby World Cup squad on Tuesday, 8 August.
Nienaber also named a physical loose trio with flankers Deon Fourie and Franco Mostert, and No 8 Jasper Wiese, while experienced scrumhalf Cobus Reinach will join forces with Libbok at halfback.
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