Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus has named his team, packed with World Cup stars, to take on Ireland in the first of two Tests at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria on Saturday.
Siya Kolisi, who plays his club rugby for Racing 92 in Paris, will captain the team from the side of the scrum and is joined in the back row by Pieter-Steph du Toit and Kwagga Smith at No 8.
Smith beat out the challenge of Stormers man Evan Roos for the eighthman position, with Jasper Wiese unavailable and Duane Vermeulen now retired.
Mbonambi at hookerIn the other key selections, Erasmus has opted to go with Handre Pollard at flyhalf and Faf de Klerk at scrumhalf.
Bongi Mbonambi has also won the battle for the No 2 jersey, with Malcolm Marx on the bench.
