Leamy out as South Africa make 6 changes…
Leinster flanker Sean O’Brien has been added to the list of Irish replacements for Saturday’s international with South Africa.
The Carlow native replaces Denis Leamy who has failed to recover from the ankle injury he sustained against Fiji last weekend.
Meanwhile the Springboks have named their team for the clash at Croke Park.
The side shows 6 changes from that which beat Italy last weekend, including the return of Tendai Mtawarira, Victor Matfield and Schalk Burger to the pack…Munster’s Jean de Villiers is named on the bench.
The Springbok team is (test caps in brackets):
15 Zane Kirchner (3)
14 JP Pietersen (32)
13 Jaque Fourie (53)
12 Wynand Olivier (26)
11 Bryan Habana (56)
10 Morne Steyn (11)
9 Fourie du Preez (54)
8 Danie Rossouw (45)
7 Schalk Burger (54)
6 Heinrich Brüssow (12)
5 Victor Matfield (91)
4 Bakkies Botha (65)
3 BJ Botha (18)
2 John Smit (92) – captain
1 Tendai Mtawarira (21)
Reserves:
16 Bismarck du Plessis (31)
17 CJ van der Linde (57)
18 Andries Bekker (2)
19 Jean Deysel (1)
20 Dewald Potgieter (uncapped)
21 Ruan Pienaar (36)
22 Jean de Villiers (54)
