Wales reveal their hand for Boks

TEAM ANNOUNCEMENT: Wales head coach Warren Gatland has revealed his side to face the Springboks in Cardiff this weekend.

Gatland made five changes to the side that went down to Australia last weekend.

Wing Rio Dyer makes his first appearance of the Nations Series in the starting lineup with Blair Murray shifting to fullback alongside Tom Rogers to complete the back-three.

Sam Costelow will pull the strings at No.10 in the place of Gareth Anscombe.

Christ Tshiunza replaces the injured Adam Beard at lock while Taine Plumtree starts at No.8 in place of Aaron Wainwright alongside James Botham and Jack Morgan in the loose forwards.

There are two changes amongst the replacements with Freddie Thomas in line to win a potential first cap for Wales should he come on as lock cover.

Josh Hathaway joins Rhodri Williams and Eddie James as backline cover.

Gatland said: “Last week’s result hurts and we are just as disappointed by it as the fans. Our focus now is on training and preparing well for our final game of this Nations Series.

“There were good elements that we can definitely build on going into Saturday but we have to improve our accuracy.

“We know what a quality side South Africa are and the physicality they bring. This week we need to show real courage and front up against the World Champions.”

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Wales: 15 Blair Murray, 14 Tom Rogers, 13 Max Llewellyn, 12 Ben Thomas, 11 Rio Dyer, 10 Sam Costelow, 9 Ellis Bevan, 8 Taine Plumtree, 7 Jac Morgan, 6 James Botham, 5 Christ Tshiunza, 4 Will Rowlands, 3 Archie Griffin, 2 Dewi Lake, 1 Gareth Thomas.
Replacements: 16 Ryan Elias, 17 Nicky Smith, 18 Keiron Assiratti, 19 Freddie Thomas, 20 Tommy Reffell, 21 Rhodri Williams, 22 Eddie James, 23 Josh Hathaway

Date: Saturday, November 23
Venue: Millennium Stadium, Cardiff
Kick-off: 17.40 (19.40 SA time; 17.40 GMT)
Referee: Karl Dickson
Assistant referees: Christophe Ridley, Damian Schneider
TMO: Andrew Jackson