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Venue: Millennium Stadium Date: Saturday, 8 November Kick-off: 1430 GMT Coverage: Live on BBC One, Radio Wales & online. Highlights on Scrum V, BBC Two (Sunday, 1800 GMT). Live text commentary on BBC Sport website South Africa captain John Smit will start at prop for their opening autumn Test with Wales on Saturday instead of his usual position of hooker. Ruan Pienaar has also been switched from his usual scrum half role to fly-half for the first time partnering Fourie de Preez. Eleven of the starting side who won the second Test 37-21 in Pretoria in the summer will start this time around. Bismarck du Plessis and Schalk Burger are also in the world champions team. Of the four players who have recovered from injuries, only lock Bakkies Botha makes the starting XV. After recovering from a knee injury picked up against Argentina... [read full story]
