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Teams announced for Saturday
By Annie November 16 2005
Wales and South Africa have today both named their teams for Saturdays game in Cardiff. Both sides have players winning their 50th caps, for South Africa it is captain John Smit, and for the home side it is flyhalf Stephen Jones.
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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