[Source: World Rugby]

South Africa coach Rassie Erasmus has named his team for the Pool B match against Italy at Shizuoka Stadium Ecopa on Friday, 4 October:

1. Tendai Mtawarira
2. Mbongeni Mbonambi
3. Frans Malherbe
4. Eben Etzebeth
5. Lood de Jager
6. Siya Kolisi (capt.)
7. Pieter-Steph du Toit
8. Duane Vermeulen
9. Faf de Klerk
10. Handre Pollard
11. Makazole Mapimpi
12. Damian de Allende
13. Lukhanyo Am
14. Cheslin Kolbe
15. Willie Le Roux

16. Malcolm Marx
17. Steven Kitshoff
18. Vincent Koch
19. RG Snyman
20. Franco Mostert
21. Francois Louw
22. Herschel Jantjies
23. Frans Steyn

? BREAKING! Big men shuffled for Italian onslaught
‼ Beast, Bongi and Lood to start in Shizuoka
? “This game is going to be decided by the forwards”

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— Springboks (@Springboks) October 1, 2019

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