Namibia coach Phil Davies has made sweeping changes to his team and there are 10 changes from the starting line-up who lost 47-22 to Italy last Sunday.
Only five of the XV that played in Welwitschias' opening game will appear in their Pool B match against South Africa at City of Toyota Stadium on Saturday.
Only captain Tjiuee Uanivi, Cliven Loubser, JC Greyling, pictured, Chad Plato, and Johan Tromp return. This is the second-highest number of changes they have made between RWC matches - the highest being 11 when preparing to face Argentina at Rugby World Cup 2015.
Peter John Walters - who became the first player since 2011 to make his test debut for Namibia in a World Cup match when he came off the bench against Italy - will start at inside-centre and Eugene Jantjies will extend the Welwitschias' all-time appearances record to 68.
LEADER: Namibia captain Tjiuee Uanivi. Photo: Yohei Fukuyama/AP.
AJ De Klerk is in the starting XV of a World Cup match for the first time. He has previously featured in three, all coming off the bench.
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Namibia's team:
15 Johan Tromp, 14 Chad Plato, 13 JC Greyling, 12 Peter John Walters, 11 Lesley Klim, 10 Cliven Loubser, 9 Eugene Jantjies, 8 Adriaan Booysen, 7 Muharua Katjijeko, 6 Thomasau Forbes, 5 Tjiuee Uanivi ( captain), 4 Johan Retief, 3 AJ de Klerk, 2 Louis van der Westhuizen, 1 Desiderius Sethie
Substitutes:
16 Obert Nortje, 17 Andre Rademeyer, 18 Johannes Coetzee, 19 Prince Gaoseb, 20 Janco Venter, 21 Wian Conradie, 22 Helarius Axasman Kisting, 23 Johan Deysel
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