Springboks coach Rassie Erasmus is adamant they are not disrespecting the Wallabies after unveiling a new-look side for Saturday's Test in Perth.
Erasmus has made ten changes to the starting side, with Cheslin Kolbe, Jesse Kriel, Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, Elrigh Louw and Pieter-Steph du Toit the only survivors.
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There are eight players with less than ten caps in the starting line-up, with Siya Kolisi, Frans Malherbe, Bongi Mbonambi, Kurt-Lee Arendse, Damian de Allende and Willie le Roux rested.
To counter this, every player in the reserves has won a World Cup (or two), with the likes of Eben Etzebeth, Malcolm Marx and Kwagga Smith set to finish the game.
"There are still 14 Rugby World Cup winners in there and only two guys that are earning first starts," Erasmus told reporters.
"This is not disrespect to Australia and not us feeling nonchalant about the game. This is us picking a team that we feel is good enough to still get us the win against a tough Wallabies team that wants to bounce back.
“I wouldn’t put it past this (Springboks) team. I think if this week's team played against the Springboks team that beat the Wallabies last week, they would give them a hell of a go.'"
Erasmus is looking to the future, with the World Cup-winning coach building depth before a monster two-Test series against World Cup finalists New Zealand.
“It’s important to build and win the Rugby Championship but I think it’s a bit of a slap in the face for the guys playing this weekend if we think that they are not as good as the guys that played last weekend," he added.
"We trust them fully...It is going to be interesting to see who steps up in the Test arena in Perth where there are a lot of South African supporters and Australian supporters too.
“It wasn’t easy but we trust every one of the players selected and hopefully we can get the result."
The Wallabies will confirm their squad on Thursday afternoon, with Joe Schmidt already forced into changes after injuries to Nick Frost, Jeremy Williams (both concussion) and Filipo Daugunu (leg)
