Deon Stegmann will make his debut for the Springboks against Ireland on Saturday, along with Patrick Lambie if Jean de Villiers is not declared fit. The bench will also include two uncapped players.

The team shows eight changes (nine if De Villiers is unavailable) to the one which ended the Vodacom Tri-Nations against Australia in September.

The six definite survivors are Bryan Habana, Morne Steyn, Pierre Spies, Juan Smith, captain Victor Matfield and Jannie du Plessis. A seventh, Francois Hougaard is on the bench, while an eighth in Frans Steyn will only join the squad after the Ireland match.

Stegmann, 24, comes in for Schalk Burger in the No 6 jersey. Burger suffered a broken rib in the Absa Currie Cup final and withdrew from the tour party.

The 20-year-old Lambie – man of the match in the Absa Currie Cup final after a two-try, 25-point haul on Saturday – is on standby to replace Jean de Villiers at inside centre if he fails to recover from his groin injury.

South Africa v Ireland – Aviva Stadium, Dublin, 6 November 2010

15 – Gio Aplon (Vodacom Western Province, age: 28, caps: 9)
14 – Bjorn Basson (Vodacom Blue Bulls, 23, 2)
13 – Zane Kirchner (Vodacom Blue Bulls, 26, 10)
12 – Jean de Villiers/*Patrick Lambie (Vodacom WP/The Sharks, 29/20, 63/0)
11 – Bryan Habana (Vodacom Western Province, 27, 66)
10 – Morne Steyn (Vodacom Blue Bulls, 26, 21)
9 – Ruan Pienaar (Ulster, N Ireland, 26, 43)
8 – Pierre Spies (Vodacom Blue Bulls, 25, 37)
7 – Juan Smith (Vodacom Cheetahs, 29, 65)
6 – *Deon Stegmann (Vodacom Blue Bulls, 24, 0)
5 - Victor Matfield (captain) (Vodacom Blue Bulls, 33, 101)
4 – Bakkies Botha (Vodacom Blue Bulls, 31, 68)
3 – Jannie du Plessis (The Sharks, 28, 20)
2 – Bismarck du Plessis (The Sharks, 26, 32)
1 – Tendai Mtawarira (The Sharks, 25, 22)

Replacements
16 – Chiliboy Ralepelle (Vodacom Blue Bulls, 24, 17)
17 – - CJ van der Linde (Vodacom Cheetahs, 30, 65)
18 Flip van der Merwe (Vodacom Blue Bulls, 25, 6)
19 – *Willem Alberts/*Keegan Daniel (The Sharks/The Sharks, 26/25, 0/0)
20 – Francois Hougaard (Vodacom Blue Bulls, 22, 5)
21 – Adi Jacobs (The Sharks, 30, 30)
22 – *Patrick Lambie/*Lwazi Mvovo (The Sharks/The Sharks, 20/24, 0/0)

Source: supersport.co.za