Springbok coach Nick Mallett has named Rob Kempson at loosehead prop for the one-off Test against Wales in Pretoria on Saturday, the only change from the side that beat Ireland last week.
Natal team-mate Ollie le Roux drops to the reserves. Kempson made his debut as a second-half replacement for Le Roux during the second Test against Ireland. Rob Howley is in danger of missing a Test with the Springboks for the second year running. The Wales captain is struggling to overcome a hamstring injury.
Wales caretaker coach Dennis John has summoned Ebbw Vale's uncapped scrum-half David Llewellyn as cover, and the former Newport player is due to arrive today. If Howley is left out when Wales name their line-up today, then Llewellyn would sit on the replacements' bench and the number nine spot would go to Pontypridd's Paul John, the coach's son.
South Africa: Terblanche, A Snyman, P Muller, P Rossouw; F Smith, J van der Westhuizen; G Teichmann (capt), A Venter, J Erasmus, M Andrews, K Otto, A Garvey, J Dalton, R Kempson. Subs: M Hendricks, H Honiball, W Swanepoel, A Aitken, B Skinstad, O le Roux, N Drotske.
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