South Africa coach Jake White has named a near full-strength team for his sides World Cup warm-up match with Namibia in Cape Town.

Captain John Smit will return to action for the first time since injuring his hamstring in June and scrumhalf Fourie du Preez returns for his first match since the Super 14 final in May.

"The result of the match is not as important to us as the way we play," White said. "We are interested in putting our patterns into play.

"We've spent weeks on the training ground and need to translate that into the way we perform on the field."

Number eight Jacques Cronje, who is the only member of the team who has not been included in the 30-man World Cup squad, is deputising for the injured Danie Rossouw and Bob Skinstad.

The clash will also be the last appearance on home soil for fullback Percy Montgomery and prop Os du Randt, who both retire from international rugby at the end of the World Cup.

South Africa leave for Ireland later in the week for further warm-up matches against Connacht and Scotland.

Teams:

South Africa: 15-Percy Montgomery; 14-Ashwin Willemse, 13-Jaque Fourie, 12-Jean de Villiers, 11-JP Pietersen; 10-Butch James, 9-Fourie du Preez; 8-Jacques Cronje, 7-Juan Smith, 6-Schalk Burger, 5-Victor Matfield, 4-Bakkies Botha; 3-CJ van der Linde, 2-John Smit, 1-Os du Randt.

Reserves: 16-Gary Botha, 17-BJ Botha, 18-Albert van den Berg, 19-Johann Muller, 20-Ricky Januarie, 21-Ruan Pienaar, 22-Akona Ndungane.

Namibia: 15-Heini Bock; 14-Bradley Langenhoven, 13-Lu-Wayne Botes, 12-Piet van Zyl, 11-Melrick Africa; 10-Emile Wessels, 9-Jurie van Tonder; 8-Jacques Burger, 7-Tinus du Plessis, 6-Jacques Nieuwenhuis, 5-Nico Esterhuysen, 4-Wacca Kazombiaze, 3-Marius Visser, 2-Hugo Horn, 1-Kees Lensing.

Reserves: 16-JM Meyer, 17-Jané du Toit, 18-Johnny Redelinghuys, 19-Herman Lintvelt, 20-Eugene Jantjies, 21-Du Preez Grobler, 22-TC Losper.

Pippa Davis / Eurosport