White names his side to face Connacht

Springbok coach Jake White has named his team to face Connacht at the Sports Ground in Galway, Ireland, on August 21.

The match is a warm-up game prior to the Rugby World Cup in France next month.

This will be the first time that South Africa plays the club side, and the 335th tour match since 1891.

Connacht, on the other hand, have played matches against southern hemisphere countries like New Zealand, Australia, Argentina, Fiji and Western Samoa, in the past.

The Springbok team for Tuesday

15 JP Pietersen

14 Akona Ndungane

13 Jaque Fourie

12 Butch James

11 Ashwin Willemse

10 Ruan Pienaar

9 Ricky Januarie

8 Bob Skinstad (C)

7 Danie Rossouw

6 Wikus van Heerden

5 Albert van den Berg

4 Johann Muller

3 BJ Botha

2 Bismarck du Plessis

1 Gurthro Steenkamp

Bench:

16 Gary Botha

17 CJ van der Linde

18 Bakkies Botha

19 Jacques Cronjé

20 André Pretorius

21 Waylon Murray

22 Bryan Habana