Cape Town - South Africa ‘A’ coach Johan Ackermann included four forwards with Test experience - team captain Oupa Mohoje, Nizaam Carr, Stephan Lewies and Vincent Koch - in his starting team for Friday’s first match against the England Saxons in Bloemfontein.

The match - the first of two against the visiting Saxons - kicks off at 19:10 at the Toyota Stadium in the Free State capital and will be broadcast live on SuperSport.

Ackermann has also included a further two Springboks on the bench - Coenie Oosthuizen and Piet van Zyl. They will be joined in the SA ‘A’ match-23 by six players who only got their first taste of Super Rugby earlier this year, in Leolin Zas, JD Schickerling (both starting), Lizo Gqoboka Jean-Luc du Preez, RG Snyman and Lukhanyo Am (all four on the bench).