World champions South Africa have made a number of changes for the one-off Test against Wales on Saturday.

Number eight Ryan Kankowski will make his debut, the 22-year-old replacing injured loose forward Danie Roussouw in a team that shows six changes and one positional switch from the side that won the World Cup final against England in Paris last month.

Kankowski is the only member of the starting line-up for the match at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium who did not feature in the the World Cup squad.

The Springboks have a new halfback pairing in Andre Pretorius and Ricky Januarie, with Butch James and Fourie du Preez unavailable.

CJ van der Linde replaces retired prop Os du Randt on the loosehead side of the scrum while Jannie du Plessis fills the tighthead position.

Ruan Pienaar starts at fullback in place of the injured Percy Montgomery and Johann Muller replaces lock Victor Matfield in the second row.

Heinke van der Merwe was included in the match 22 for the first time, with twice-capped flanker Hilton Lobberts on the bench.

South Africa: 15-Ruan Pienaar, 14-JP Pietersen, 13-Jaque Fourie, 12-Francois Steyn, 11-Bryan Habana; 10-Andre Pretorius, 9-Ricky Januarie; 8-Ryan Kankowski, 7-Juan Smith, 6-Schalk Burger, 5-Johann Muller, 4-Bakkies Botha, 3-Jannie Du Plessis, 2-John Smit (captain), 1-CJ van der Linde.

Replacements: 16-Bismarck du Plessis, 17-Heinke van der Merwe, 18-Albert van den Berg, 19-Hilton Lobberts, 20-Wynand Olivier, 21-Conrad Jantjes, 22-Akona Ndungane.

Reuters