TEAM UPDATE: Jesse Kriel will captain the Springboks against the Barbarians at Cape Town Stadium on Saturday, as coach Rassie Erasmus had to make a last-minute change to his lineup on Friday.
Siya Kolisi, the usual captain, has been ruled out of the game due to a minor injury. Marco van Staden has been brought into the starting team to replace Kolisi and will join Vincent Tshituka and Jean-Luc du Preez in the loose trio. The rest of the team will stay as announced by Erasmus on Tuesday.
This will be Kriel’s first time leading the Springboks. He debuted for South Africa in 2015 and has played in 79 Test matches.
South Africa – updated lineup: 15 Aphelele Fassi, 14 Cheslin Kolbe, 13 Jesse Kriel (captain), 12 Damian de Allende, 11 Kurt-Lee Arendse, 10 Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, 9 Morné van den Berg, 8 Jean-Luc du Preez, 7 Vincent Tshituka, 6 Marco van Staden, 5 Lood de Jager, 4 Jean Kleyn, 3 Asenathi Ntlabakanye, 2 Malcolm Marx, 1 Ox Nche.
Substitutes: 16 Marnus van der Merwe, 17 Jan-Hendrik Wessels, 18 Neethling Fouche, 19 Franco Mostert, 20 Kwagga Smith, 21 Cobus Reinach, 22 Manie Libbok, 23 Andre Esterhuizen.
Date: Saturday, June 28
Venue: Cape Town Stadium
Kick-off: 17:10 (15:10 GMT)
Referee: AJ Jacobs
Assistant referees: Christopher Allison and Stephan Geldenhuys
TMO: Egon Seconds
