Scotland coach Gregor Townsend has called up all the South African help he can get ahead of Saturday’s Test against the Springboks.
All four players with South African connections – WP Nel, Huw Jones, Allan Dell and Josh Strauss – have been selected in Scotland’s match 23.
Nel and Jones are in the starting XV, with Dell and Strauss playing off the bench.
Of the Springboks, Townsend says: “South Africa have made a lot of improvements over the last three or four months, beating the All Blacks in New Zealand and putting in an 80-minute performance to defeat France in Paris, which underlines their quality.
“Their traditional strength has always been their physicality and this remains a key point of difference for them.
"We expect them to be confrontational and powerful in their ball carrying, their defence and also at set-piece time.
“It will be a great challenge for our forward pack in particular.
“South Africa have always had a smart kicking game with an excellent chase, but what we’ve seen over the past few months is an ambition to move the ball from counterattack and a push to get their forwards passing the ball more.
“Our defence will have to be strong to nullify this ambitious attacking game plan.”
SCOTLAND:
15 Stuart Hogg, 14 Tommy Seymour, 13 Huw Jones, 12 Pete Horne, 11 Sean Maitland, 10 Finn Russell, 9 Greig Laidlaw (captain), 8 Ryan Wilson, 7 Hamish Watson, 6 Sam Skinner, 5 Jonny Gray, 4 Ben Toolis, 3 WP Nel, 2 Stuart McInally and 1 Gordon Reid.
Replacements:
16 Fraser Brown, 17 Allan Dell, 18 Simon Berghan, 19 Josh Strauss, 20 Jamie Ritchie, 21 Ali Price, 22 Adam Hastings, 23 Chris Harris.