South Africa host Wales at Kings Park in Durban on Saturday, with the Springboks chasing a third consecutive bonus-point win to top the Southern Hemisphere table heading into November.
South Africa v Wales (17:40 SAST)
South Africa beat England 45-21 and Scotland 42-28 across the opening two rounds and sit at the top of the Southern Hemisphere standings on points difference above New Zealand.
Rassie Erasmus has included four uncapped players in his starting XV for this fixture – Sharks winger Jaco Williams, flyhalf Vusi Moyo, Montpellier lock Ruben van Heerden and prop Carlu Sadie – with experienced players alongside them to ease the transition.
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Stand-in captain Pieter-Steph du Toit is in line for his 98th cap, while Damian de Allende is set to earn his 99th. Malcolm Marx starts at hooker, Cobus Reinach at nine and Kurt-Lee Arendse and Aphelele Fassi complete an experienced back three around the uncapped debutants.
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Wales started the Nations Championship with a 39-24 win over Fiji before losing 35-21 to Argentina in San Juan. Steve Tandy has made six changes from the Argentina defeat, bringing in a new centre partnership of Max Llewellyn and Ben Thomas, with Louis Rees-Zammit returning on the right wing.
Dan Edwards takes over at flyhalf from Sam Costelow and Alex Mann comes into the back row.
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Wales have faced South Africa 13 times on South African soil, losing 12 of those matches. Their only win in South Africa came 13-12 in Bloemfontein in 2022. The most recent meeting between the sides was a humiliating 73-0 loss for Wales in Cardiff last November, their biggest ever home defeat.
Pick: Over 70.5 total points @1.85
Secondary pick: South Africa (-29.5) @1.32
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