South Africa coach Heyneke Meyer named a team with three changes on Wednesday for a June 22 four-nation tournament final against Samoa in Pretoria.
Lock Flip van der Merwe replaces Juandre Kruger while flanks Francois Louw and Willem Alberts come in for Marcell Coetzee and the injured Arno Botha compared to the side that beat Scotland 30-17 in Nelspruit last weekend.
Superb ball carrier Alberts faces a test Friday to prove his fitness, as does inside centre and skipper Jean de Villiers, Meyer told reporters.
Siya Kolisi, who made his Springbok debut last weekend as a replacement for Botha, is on stand-by should Alberts be deemed unfit to tackle the Pacific islanders.
Jan Serfontein, captain of the IRB World Junior Championship-winning team last year, would start in the green and gold outfit for the first time should De Villiers be sidelined.
Vice-captain and hooker Adriaan Strauss would lead South Africa for the first time if De Villiers cannot play in the climax of a three-week tournament also featuring Six Nations sides Italy and Scotland.
Team:
Willie le Roux; Bryan Habana, JJ Engelbrecht, Jean de Villiers (capt) or Jan Serfontein, Bjorn Basson; Morne Steyn, Ruan Pienaar; Pierre Spies, Willem Alberts or Siya Kolisi, Francois Louw; Flip van der Merwe, Eben Etzebeth; Jannie du Plessis, Adriaan Strauss, Tendai Mtawarira. Res: Bismarck du Plessis, Trevor Nyakane, Coenie Oosthuizen, Juandre Kruger, Siya Kolisi or Marcell Coetzee, Piet van Zyl, Patrick Lambie, Jan Serfontein or Juan de Jongh.