Manager Tandy makes wholesale Wales changes for Test versus rampant Boks

Starved of 13 players back on club duty, Wales coach Steve Tandy on Wednesday made wholesale changes to the team to take on world champions South Africa on the weekend.

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The Saturday fixture falls out of the international Test window, meaning Tandy has seen a raft of first-choice players returning to their clubs.

Lock Adam Beard is based in France with Montpellier, while there are 12 players who ply their trade in England.

Rhys Carre, Olly Cracknell, Jarrod Evans, Archie Griffin, Louie Hennessey, Dafydd Jenkins, Max Llewellyn, Louis Rees-Zammit, Nicky Smith, Freddie Thomas, Nick Tompkins and Tomos Williams are all unavailable.

Aaron Wainwright returns for Wales at No 8 having recovered from the injury that kept him out of Wales’ 52-26 defeat by New Zealand last weekend.

Taine Plumtree is named at blindside flanker and Alex Mann is at openside, while Ben Carter and Rhys Davies pair up in the second row for their first appearances for Wales this autumn.

Dewi Lake skippers the side from hooker, alongside Gareth Thomas and Keiron Assiratti in the front row.