Springboks coach Rassie Erasmus has rolled out the heavy artillery for Saturdays first test against Ireland at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria.
The 23-player match-day squad features 20 Rugby World Cup winners.
The entire starting 15 and five players are on the replacements bench.
The three players in the match-day squad who werent part of the squad at last years World Cup in France are prop Gerhard Steenekamp, lock Salmaan Moerat and utility back, Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu.
They are on the bench with a six-two split in favor of the forwards