Krige's back for Boks

Springbok skipper Corne Krige will return to lead his team into the crunch Pool C encounter with England in Perth on Saturday.

Springbok skipper Corne Krige will return to lead his team into the crunch Pool C encounter with England in Perth on Saturday.

Krige missed the impressive win over Uruguay last weekend with a hamstring but was never likely to miss the match which has been billed as the biggest showdown during the group phase.

Coach Rudi Straeuli has made a number of changes, bringing in Jaco van der Westhuyzen at full-back in place of Werner Greeff who drops to the bench.

Jorrie Muller comes in for the injured Jaque Fourie, while prop Christo Bezuidenhoudt replaces Lawrence Sephaka in the front-row.

Team: J van der Westhuyzen; A Willemse, J Muller, De Wet Barry, T Delport; L Koen, J van der Westhuizen; C Bezuidenhoudt, D Coetzee, R Bands, B Botha, V Matfield, C Krige (cpt), J van Niekerk, J Smith. Replacements: J Smit, L Shephaka, S Boome, D Rossouw, N de Kock, D Hougaard, W Greeff.

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