Recalled fly-half Handre Pollard will captain a South Africa team showing 14 changes to the starting line-up for the second Test against Wales
File: England's wing Joe Marchant vies with South Africa's fly-half Handre Pollard during the Autumn International friendly rugby union match between England and South Africa.BLOEMFONTEIN - in Bloemfontein on Saturday.
The elevation of Roos will be warmly welcomed by South African supporters as he was voted Player of the Season and Players' Player of the Season in the recently completed United Rugby Championship. Damian Willemse switched from full-back to fly-half for the second half and capped a good performance by kicking the match-winning penalty in the third minute of added time.
"We said from the outset that we needed to strike a balance between giving talented young players an opportunity at international level, and winning," said Springboks coach Jacques Nienaber.
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