The game is the first since their triumphant Rugby World Cup final against New Zealand in October last year.
JOHANNESBURG - Flanker Pieter-Steph du Toit will lead the Springboks in their first Test of the year when the world champions play Wales on Saturday.
"Pieter-Steph has been a key figure in our system for several years now and he’s a player who leads by example on the field. We have a strong core of senior players in this group, and we had a few options for captain, but we feel Pieter-Steph will be the right man to lead the team this week," said Erasmus.
"This is an exciting playing squad and travelling group, and we are looking forward to seeing how the uncapped players step up at top international level and how we execute what we’ve been working on at training in the last few days and at the alignment camps. The likes of Edwill, Jordan, Ben-Jason, and Sacha have really impressed us at training, and we believe they have what it takes to make their presence felt against a quality team such as Wales," said Erasmus.
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