Danie Rossouw recalled by Springboks

Coach Peter de Villiers made one change to his team for South Africa's third Tri-Nations test against Australia, recalling lock Danie Rossouw on Tuesday in place of Flip van der Merwe.

De Villiers kept faith with the rest of the players that started in the 44-31 win over Australia in Pretoria, which ended a four-game losing streak for the Springboks. In the only other change, utility back Gio Aplon returns to the match-day 22 for Saturday's game at Vodacom Park in Bloemfontein, which will decide the Nelson Mandela Plate series. The Springboks and Wallabies are tied at 1-1 in the three-match series.

Aplon is included on the bench for the injured Butch James after being left out for the test against Australia at Loftus Versfeld last weekend.

Rossouw returns to the line-up after struggling with a hip problem earlier in the competition.

He made a useful impact off the bench last weekend and will start his first match for the Springboks since a 30-13 loss in Australia on 24 July.

South Africa: F Steyn, JP Pietersen, J Fourie, J de Villiers, B Habana, M Steyn, F Hougaard; G Steenkamp, J Smit (captain), J du Plessis, V Matfield, D Rossouw, S Burger, J Smith, P Spies. Subs: C Ralepelle, CJ van der Linde, F van der Merwe, R Kankowski, R Januarie, J de Jongh, G Aplon.