Paulse in for the Springboks

13 April 2012

South Africa made two changes to their team as they included Breyton Paulse and Faan Rautenbach for the Tri-nations match against Australia on Saturday.

Paulse replaces winger Dean Hall (knee) and Rautenbach comes in for prop Willie Meyer (ankle).

The injured pair were not included in coach Rudolph Straeuli's 22-man squad released on Wednesday.

The Springboks were thrashed 41-20 by New Zealand in Wellington last Saturday, after which captain Corne Krige claimed the All Blacks were flattered by the scoreline.

Australia lost their opener in the tournament 12-6 to New Zealand in Christchurch on July 13.

South African team:

15-Werner Greeff; 14-Stefan Terblanche, 13-Marius Joubert, 12-De Wet Barry, 11-Breyton Paulse; 10-Andre Pretorius, 9-Johannes Conradie; 8-Bob Skinstad, 7-Joe van Kiekerk, 6-Corne Krige (captain), 5-Victor Matfield, 4-Jannes Labuschagne, 3-Faan Rautenbach, 2-James Dalton, 1-Lawrence Sephaka.

Substitutes: 16-Delarey du Preez, 17-Ollie le Roux, 18-AJ Venter, 19-Hendro Scholtz, 20-Neil de Kock, 21-Adrian Jacobs, 22-Brent Russell.