Grant Williams Siya Kolisi Eben Etzebeth Duane Vermeulen Trevor Nyakane Steven Kitshoff Willie Le-Roux Jacques Nienaber Deon Fourie Marvin Orie Canan Moodie Cobus Reinach Handre Pollard Jasper Wiese Franco Mostert Marco Van-Staden Jesse Kriel Romania South Africa Ireland Tonga springboks Rugby World Cup Sport Rugby Grant Williams Siya Kolisi Eben Etzebeth Duane Vermeulen Trevor Nyakane Steven Kitshoff Willie Le-Roux Jacques Nienaber Deon Fourie Marvin Orie Canan Moodie Cobus Reinach Handre Pollard Jasper Wiese Franco Mostert Marco Van-Staden Jesse Kriel Romania South Africa Ireland Tonga

Pollard starts for Springboks against Tonga

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Handre Pollard will start at out-half in one of 12 changes for South Africa in their must-win Rugby World Cup Pool B clash against Tonga in Marseille on Sunday, as coach Jacques Nienaber picked no specialist hooker and Duane Vermeulen at flanker.Pollard has played 30 minutes of rugby for Leicester Tigers since May due to injury, but the Springboks are eager to give him a run with his accuracy off the kicking tee potentially crucial in the knockout rounds, should South Africa get there.Number 8 Jasper Wiese, captain Siya Kolisi and lock Eben Etzebeth were the only players included who started the 13-8 loss to Ireland last weekend, as Nienaber also reverted to a 5:3 split between forwards and backs on the bench, something that has been rare for his side.Regular loose-forward Deon Fourie, who played his first game at hooker in five years against Romania in the pool stages, starts in the front row and his replacement will be another flanker in Marco van Staden who is also a back-up in the number 2 jersey.South Africa: Willie le Roux; Grant Williams, Canan Moodie, Andre Esterhuizen, Makazole Mapimpi; Handre Pollard, Cobus Reinach; Ox Nche, Deon Fourie, Vincent Kock; Eben Etzebeth, Marvin Orie; Siya Kolisi (capt), Duane Vermeulen.Replacements: Marco van Staden, Steven Kitshoff, Trevor Nyakane, Franco Mostert, Kwagga Smith, Jaden Henrikese, Jesse Kriel, Manie Libbok. Listen to the RTÉ Rugby podcast on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts. We need your consent to load this YouTube content We use YouTube to manage extra content that can set cookies on your device and collect data about your activity.

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