Wales have made three changes to their side to face South Africa on Saturday, with Gethin Jenkins, Scott Baldwin and Liam Williams all coming into the starting fifteen.
Jenkins and Baldwin will link up with Samson Lee to form the same frontrow that started the clash against Fiji a fortnight ago.
The rest of the pack remains unchanged from last weekend’s game against the world champions New Zealand, with Jake Ball partnering Alun Wyn Jones in the second row and Dan Lydiate and Taulupe Faletau lining up alongside captain Sam Warburton.
Ospreys halfbacks Rhys Webb and Dan Biggar continue their partnership as do the record breaking centre duo of Jamie Roberts and Jonathan Davies.
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The only change in the back three sees Liam Williams come in for the injured George North. Alex Cuthbert and Leigh Halfpenny wear No 14 and No 15 respectively.
“We have had a couple of changes forced upon us, with the injury to George and with Paul and Richard returning to their clubs but we have named what we think is a very strong side,” said Wales head coach Warren Gatland.
“Last weekend was a very intense, physical encounter. The guys were disappointed but we have come in this morning, the squad are feeling fresh and the focus is looking ahead to Saturday and the test against the Springboks.
“As coaches we will be asking for the same effort, intensity and desire as last week and we want a repeat of that at the Millennium Stadium on Saturday.”
On the bench Emyr Phillips, Aaron Jarvis and Rhodri Jones are named as frontrow cover with Luke Charteris, who made his 50th appearance against New Zealand last weekend and James King, completing the forward contingent.
Mike Phillips, Rhys Priestland and Scott Williams are named as the backs replacements.
Wales: 15 Leigh Halfpenny, 14 Alex Cuthbert, 13 Jonathan Davies, 12 Jamie Roberts, 11 Liam Williams, 10 Dan Biggar, 9 Rhys Webb, 8 Taulupe Faletau, 7 Sam Warburton (Captain), 6 Dan Lydiate, 5 Alun Wyn Jones, 4 Jake Ball, 3 Samson Lee, 2 Scott Baldwin, 1 Gethin Jenkins
Replacements: 16 Emyr Phillips, 17 Aaron Jarvis, 18 Rhodri Jones, 19 Luke Charteris, 20 James King, 21 Mike Phillips, 22 Rhys Priestland, 23 Scott Williams.
Date: Saturday 29 November 2014
Venue: Millennium Stadium Cardiff
Kick-Off: 16:30 SA Time (14:30 BST & GMT)
Referee: John Lacey (Ireland)
Assistant Referees: George Clancy (Ireland), Pascal Gauzère (France)
TMO: Graham Hughes (England)
Crisis in the wardrobe department. Do I wear my old ‘Montgomery 15’ Springbok Replica Jersey to the game on Saturday or is it just too dated?
@ Blue Bird:
Hi Carol, I trust you are well.
The knowledgeable rugby lovers should know that Percy holds the SA record for the most points scored against Wales – so it is not “too dated” at all. I’d say wear it with pride 😉
Blue Bird wrote:
If you’re blonde they might think you are Percy, finally out of the closet 😛
Good article
http://www.supersport.com/rugby/blogs/brendan-venter/Bok_attack_lacks_explosive_edge
Victoriabok wrote:
What 25kgs lighter and about 6 inches shorter!! That would be some transformation!! 🙂
Blue Bird wrote:
They all get thinner and lighter when they stop weight training and drinking all the supplements
As for the 6 inches I don’t know him that well 😈
@ Blue Bird:
You’ll look cool in that.
Glad you’re asking us and not the Welsh guy that bought you a ticket to the match. 🙄
@ Victoriabok:
All jokes aside a friend of mine met him when the Boks were playing in Pretoria
He said Percy is a real gentleman
@ Victoriabok:
To think Percy was ridiculed for playing in white boots and gelled up hair.
And now check the green, orange or blue boots. Tattoos for days. That’s just Pretoria. 🙄
IAAS wrote:
We hated Percy before he left, with the boots, the blonde Gaylord hair and his unwillingness to catch high balls, actually he slapped them away
When JW brought him back he was as good or better than Juba
The first player with white boots was a WP fullback in a final, I’m not sure if it was Faffa Knoetze
The coloured boots are horrible, the tats are worse especially Hougie
If he could play some decent rugby we might have forgiven him but now he’s only a minor celebrity with tats like a crack hoe
Victoriabok wrote:
The first player who played in white boots was the WP fullback called Calla Scholtz.
He is nowadays a farmer in the Overberg region.
Faffa Knoetze was the centre.
robzim wrote:
That’s it I thought Faffa was a centre
He killed NTvl in that final
Another player that killed us was a reserve scrumhalf
We were playing your great 80’s WP team
Divan went off injured
We thought “Aahh, now we’ll beat them”
They brought on a bearded scrumhalf, I think his surname was something -huis, like Bonthuys
He killed us
Ja old Faffa was a very good player…. a very clever guy too… cum laude student who qualified as an actuary… The bearded scrumhalf was Francois Bonthuys… solid player with a very good boot who occasionally played flyhalf too if my memory serves me right.
robzim wrote:
I can’t believe he became an actuary
I think on average the amateur players of those days were a lot smarter than a lot of the players today
Divan, Brendan, Adolf Malan, Daan du Plessis, Uli, Michael du Plessis all are qualified people
They all played for their universities before becoming provincial players
These days the largest, strongest and fastest boys get fast tracked from Primary School
Ja Francois Bonthuys, he was a good scrumhalf
charlesm wrote:
Hi Charles
Sorry I missed your earlier reply…Now I know for sure that I will wear my much loved Montgomery 15 Replica Ladies Jersey!!
Oh, for the record Robzim informs me that Percy is 93kgs (Yes, I don’t know how he knows this stuff, Percy probably trains at his gym)!!
So this makes him actually nearly 35 kgs heavier than me!!
IAAS wrote:
WRS is very cool about me wearing my BOK jersey, he was very amused when the Boks last won at Cardiff and a Welsh guy leaned over and shook my hand and said “Your Boyos were just too good for us today”.
In my best Saffa accent I replied “Think you veree mitch” !!
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