Wallabies v. South Africa : Team Announcement

The Wallabies Rugby Championship caravan has rolled into Brisbane for the clash against the Springboks at Suncorp on Saturday night.

After a week off to regroup after back-to-back losses to the All Blacks, Wallabies coach Ewen McKenzie has made several changes to try and get their campaign back on track.

The most notable change is Quade Cooper back in the starting XV at flyhalf in place of Matt Toomua. Also coming in is Nick ‘The Honey Badger’ Cummins onto the right wing with Israel Folau moving to fullback in place of Jesse Mogg who drops back to the bench.

Prop Sekope Kepu gets the start ahead of Ben Alexander at tighthead and on the bench Queensland Reds back rower Jake Schatz comes in for Reds team mate Liam Gill.

1. James Slipper

2. Stephen Moore

3. Sekope Kepu

4. Rob Simmons

5. James Horwill (c)

6. Scott Fardy

7. Michael Hooper

8. Ben Mowen

9. Will Genia

10. Quade Cooper

11. James O’Connor

12. Christian Leali’ifano

13. Adam Ashley-Cooper

14. Nick Cummins

15. Israel Folau

Replacements

16. Saia Fainga’a

17. Scott Sio

18. Ben Alexander

19. Kane Douglas

20. Jake Schatz

21. Nic White

22. Matt Toomua

23. Jesse Mogg

Kick off: 8:00pm

Referee: George Clancy (IRE)

AR1: Nigel Owens (WAL)

AR2: Glen Jackson (NZL)

TMO: Ben Skeen (NZL)