The coaches of Wales and South Africa today both named their teams for their clash in Cardiff on Saturday. Wales coach Mike Ruddock has made a total of ten changes after a poor performance from his team against Fiji. South African coach Jake White has given a not so secret first cap to Meyer Bosman, the Free State Cheetahs utility back, a player who hasn't even started a Super 12 game. There are two players who shall be winning their 50th caps, South Africa captain John Smit, and Wales flyhalf Stephen Jones.
Wales:
15 Lee Byrne,
14 Dafydd James,
13 Gareth Thomas (captain),
12 Sonny Parker
11 Shane Williams,
10 Stephen Jones,
9 Gareth Cooper,
8 Michael Owen,
7 Martyn Williams,
6 Colin Charvis,
5 Robert Sidoli
4 Luke Charteris,
3 Chris Horsman,
2 Rhys Thomas,
1 Duncan Jones,
Replacements:
16 Mefin Davies,
17 Adam Jones,
18 Ian Gough,
19 Jonathan Thomas,
20 Mike Phillips,
21 Ceri Sweeney,
22 Matthew Watkins
South Africa:
15 Percy Montgomery,
14 Conrad Jantjes,
13 Jaque Fourie
12 Jean de Villiers
11 Bryan Habana
10 Meyer Bosman
9 Michael Claassens
8 Jacques Cronje
7 Juan Smith
6 Schalk Burger
5 Victor Matfield
4 Bakkies Botha
3 CJ van der Linde
2 Hooker John Smit (captain)
1 Lawrence Sephaka
Replacements:
16 Hanyani Shimange
17 Os du Randt
18 Albert van den Berg
19 Danie Rossouw
20 Bolla Conradie
21 De Wet Barry
22 Brent Russell
Kick-off: 17.00 GMT
Referee: Stuart Dickinson (Australia)
Touch judges: Dave Pearson (England), Bryce Lawrence (New Zealand)
Television match official: Roy Maybank (England)
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