The Springboks have made four changes to their starting line-up and two more on the bench in their team named to meet Fiji in their Rugby World Cup match in Wellington on Saturday.
Four of the six changes have been forced by injury with lock Victor Matfield and backs Butch James, Jean de Villiers and Bryan Habana all unavailable for selection.
A fifth player, Johann Muller, will undergo a late fitness test on a tight hamstring. If he is unavailable he will be replaced on the bench by Francois Louw.
Bakkies Botha returns to take Matfield's place while Odwa Ndungane is on the left wing for Habana.
Pat Lambie starts at fullback with Francois Steyn moving to fill De Villiers' boots at second five eighth, while James' place on the bench is taken by the versatile Ruan Pienaar.
In two tactical changes, Gurthrö Steenkamp starts at loosehead prop in place of Tendai Mtawarira, who drops to the bench, while the return to a conventional four/three split between forwards and backs among the replacements opens the way for Juan de Jongh to make a first appearance on a Rugby World Cup teamsheet.
Coach Peter De Villiers says Willem Alberts will act as a replacement lock if Muller failed to recover sufficiently.
The Springboks have played Fiji twice before, winning both games. In 1996 they recorded a 43-18 win in Pretoria before recording a momentarily tense, 37-20 victory over Fiji in the quarterfinals of the 2007 tournament.
