SA TEAM ANNOUNCED FOR SCOTLAND GAME

The South African squad has been announced for the Scotland game in Newcastle on Saturday at 1645hrs. There is no de Villiers and Matfield, both injured, but the bench includes Ruan Pienaar, Willem Alberts, Pat Lambie and other superstars of the Super 15. It looks an old squad doesn't it, and they have already lost to Japan and scraped past Samoa;)

Starting XV: Willie le Roux; JP Pietersen, Jesse Kriel, Damian de Allende, Bryan Habana; Handre Pollard, Fourie du Preez (captain); Tendai Mtawarira, Bismarck du Plessis, Jannie du Plessis; Eben Etzebeth, Lood de Jager; Francois Louw, Schalk Burger, Duane Vermeulen.

Replacements: Adriaan Strauss, Trevor Nyakane, Frans Malherbe, Pieter-Steph du Toit, Willem Alberts, Ruan Pienaar, Pat Lambie, Jan Serfontein.