Following a 66-7 win over Italy, Springboks head coach Rassie Erasmus has generally opted for continuity heading into Friday's away Nations Championship clash with France, but made one change to his starting XV and one to his bench.
Prop Wilco Louw -- who came off the bench against the Azzurri -- has been elevated to the starting XV for the Stade de France clash. Thomas du Toit, who started against Italy, drops to the bench.
Erasmus has once again opted for a 6-2 split amongst the substitutes. Although Morne van den Berg remains the starting scrumhalf after his Man-of-the-Match display against Italy in Turin, Cobus Reinach has been named on the bench in place of Grant Williams.
Salmaan Moerat - who was initially set to start against Italy at lock but replaced by Lood de Jager following back spasms in the warm-up - is out of the 23. Erasmus has had to contend with several injuries among his core group of senior players.
Eben Etzebeth, Cheslin Kolbe, Andre Esterhuizen and Handre Pollard all missed the initial squad due to injury, but Etzebeth has been called up in place of 20-year-old flyhalf Yaqeen Ahmed, who has picked up a shoulder injury of his own.
"We are very sad for Yaqeen after earning his first call-up to the national squad, but we feel it will be best for him to return to South Africa to recover," said Erasmus on Sunday.
"After being with us for a week, he has a good idea of how we operate and has more insight into our systems, and we are confident that the experience will benefit him immensely as a player going forward.
"With enough backline cover in the squad and a number of versatile players among them, we opted to call up Eben, who will not only bring vast experience to the group at this vital stage of the Nations Championship, but also valuable leadership skills, especially with two important matches against France and Ireland in the next two weeks before the Finals Weekend of the tournament."
However, there is no room for Etzebeth in the Boks' 23 announced on Monday ahead of the France clash. Erasmus has often announced his teams early this season, with changes between the initial announcement and the match itself a common fixture.
The Boks' strong form has seldom wavered. They top the Southern Hemisphere standings in Nations Championship on points difference after four bonus-point wins out of four matches.
However, Saturday will be the biggest test of the world champions' title credentials yet, as they face the Northern Hemisphere leaders.
The top teams in the Northern and Southern Hemispheres will face each other over finals weekend from Nov. 27-29. The champions will be crowned at Twickenham.
After South Africa's clash with France, they will play their final regular season game away to Ireland at the Aviva Stadium on Nov. 21.
Springbok team to face France
15 Damian Willemse, 14 Kurt-Lee Arendse, 13 Jesse Kriel, 12 Damian de Allende, 11 Ethan Hooker, 10 Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, 9 Morne van den Berg, 8 Jasper Wiese, 7 Pieter-Steph du Toit, 6 Siya Kolisi (captain), 5 Ruan Nortje, 4 Lood de Jager, 3 Wilco Louw, 2 Malcolm Marx, 1 Ox Nche.
Replacements: 16 Jan-Hendrik Wessels, 17 Gerhard Steenekamp, 18 Thomas du Toit, 19 Franco Mostert, 20 Cameron Hanekom, 21 Paul de Villiers, 22 Cobus Reinach, 23 Manie Libbok.