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Centre Jean de Villiers will win his 64th cap for South Africa this weekend after passing a late fitness test in Dublin on Friday.
He takes his place in the centre alongside Zane Kirchner for the first Test of the Springboks' five-match tour of Britain and Ireland.
Meanwhile, uncapped loose forward Willem Alberts has not recovered sufficiently from a calf strain and is replaced on the bench by his Sharks' team-mate and in the similarly uncapped Keegan Daniel.
Springbok coach Peter de Villiers welcomed the news of his namesake's recovery.
"We have been hard hit by injuries to our centres so to have Jean available is a major boost," he said.
"He is an experienced international and is in charge of the backs on tour so it's great to see him back on the field.
"We had made contingency plans, and had trained with them in mind all week, but with Jean's knowledge of Ireland's players - having played for Munster - it was important to have him available for this match."
South Africa (revised): 15 Gio Aplon, 14 Bjorn Basson, 13 Zane Kirchner, 12 Jean de Villiers, 11 Bryan Habana, 10 Morne Steyn, 9 Ruan Pienaar, 8 Pierre Spies, 7 Juan Smith, 6 Deon Stegmann, 5 Victor Matfield, 4 Bakkies Botha, 3 Jannie du Plessis, 2 Bismarck du Plessis, 1 Tendai Mtawarira
Replacements: 16 Chiliboy Ralepelle,17, CJ van der Linde, 18 Flip van der Merwe, 19 Keegan Daniel, 20 Francois Hougaard, 21 Adi Jacobs, 22 Patrick Lambie.
Date: Saturday, November 6
Venue: Aviva Stadium, Dublin
Kick-off: 17:30 GMT
Referee: Nigel Owens (Wales)
Assistant referees: Bryce Lawrence (New Zealand), Keith Brown (New Zealand)
Television match official: Hugh Watkins (Wales)
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