Rugby-South Africa team to play Italy

Rugby-South Africa team to play Italy

ROME, Nov 19 (Reuters) - South Africa coach Peter de Villiers on Thursday named the following team for Saturday's test against Italy in Udine (1400 GMT):

Team: 15-Zane Kirchner, 14-JP Pietersen, 13-Jaque Fourie, 12-Adrian Jacobs, 11-Bryan Habana, 10-Morne Steyn, 9-Fourie du Preez; 8-Ryan Kankowski, 7-Danie Rossouw, 6-Heinrich Brussow, 5-Andries Bekker, 4-Bakkies Botha, 3-John Smit (captain), 2-Adriaan Strauss, 1-Wian du Preez.

Replacements: 16-Tendai Mtawarira, 17-BJ Botha, 18-Victor Matfield, 19-Jean Deysel, 20-Francois Hougaard, 21-Ruan Pienaar, 22-Wynand Olivier.

Updated on Thursday, Nov 19, 2009 8:41 am, EST

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