All change for Georgia

World Cup minnows Georgia have made eight changes to their starting line-up for Friday’s Pool A encounter with South Africa at Aussie Stadium.

Having picked up a number of minor knocks, most notably flanker Gia Labadze’s arm injury which threatens to rule him out of tournament, coach Claude Saurel is trying to ensure he has a full-strength side available for the final group encounter with Uruguay on October 28.

The Georgians have already suffered two heavy defeats – against England and Samoa – scoring just 15 points in the process and another can be expected against a Springbok side desperate to bounce back from their defeat to Clive Woodward’s side last weekend.

Team: I Machkhaneli; G Khonelidze, O Eloshivili, V Katsadze (cpt), A Kavtarashvili; P Jimsheladze, I Modebadze; A Kopaliani, D Dadunashvili, A Margvelashvili, S Gujaraidze, V Didebulidze, D Bolgashvili, G Tsiklauri, G Chkhaidze.

Replacements: A Giorgadze, S Nikolaenko, I Zedginidze, G Yachvili, I Abuseridze, M Kvirikashvili, B Khamashuridze.