The Wallabies Rugby Championship caravan has rolled into Brisbane for the clash against the Springboks at Suncorp on Saturday night.
After a week off to regroup after back-to-back losses to the All Blacks, Wallabies coach Ewen McKenzie has made several changes to try and get their campaign back on track.
The most notable change is Quade Cooper back in the starting XV at flyhalf in place of Matt Toomua. Also coming in is Nick ‘The Honey Badger’ Cummins onto the right wing with Israel Folau moving to fullback in place of Jesse Mogg who drops back to the bench.
Prop Sekope Kepu gets the start ahead of Ben Alexander at tighthead and on the bench Queensland Reds back rower Jake Schatz comes in for Reds team mate Liam Gill.
1. James Slipper
2. Stephen Moore
3. Sekope Kepu
4. Rob Simmons
5. James Horwill (c)
6. Scott Fardy
7. Michael Hooper
8. Ben Mowen
9. Will Genia
10. Quade Cooper
11. James O’Connor
12. Christian Leali’ifano
13. Adam Ashley-Cooper
14. Nick Cummins
15. Israel Folau
Replacements
16. Saia Fainga’a
17. Scott Sio
18. Ben Alexander
19. Kane Douglas
20. Jake Schatz
21. Nic White
22. Matt Toomua
23. Jesse Mogg
Kick off: 8:00pm
Referee: George Clancy (IRE)
AR1: Nigel Owens (WAL)
AR2: Glen Jackson (NZL)
TMO: Ben Skeen (NZL)
