Parisse wins his 142nd cap, surpassing Irishman Brian O'Driscoll's 141, to become the record appearance maker of the northern hemisphere. Only New Zealand's Richie McCaw, with 148, has more.

The 36-year-old Italian, pictured (challenging, in white), will be flanked by Braam Steyn and Jake Polledri for their match against South Africa on Friday, their third in Pool B. Steyn and Polledri both featured at number eight in Parisse's absence during Italy's win against Canada.

Elsewhere, coach Conor O'Shea moves Michele Campagnaro, who started in the centre in the Canada game, to the left wing, while Tommaso Benvenuti stays on the right, having played at outside-centre in their opening-match victory against Namibia.

Jayden Hayward starts again at inside-centre and is partnered by Luca Morisi, while Matteo Minozzi keeps the No.15 jersey after a stellar display against Canada that featured a try and two try-saving tackles. 

Friday's all-important World Cup Test in Shizuoka kicks off at 11:45.

Springboks - 15 Willie le Roux, 14 Cheslin Kolbe, 13 Lukhanyo Am, 12 Damian de Allende, 11 Makazole Mapimpi, 10 Handre Pollard, 9 Faf de Klerk, 8 Duane Vermeulen, 7 Pieter-Steph du Toit, 6 Siya Kolisi (captain), 5 Lood de Jager, 4 Eben Etzebeth, 3 Frans Malherbe, 2 Bongi Mbonambi, 1 Tendai Mtawarira.

Replacements - 16 Malcolm Marx, 17 Steven Kitshoff, 18 Vincent Koch, 19 RG Snyman, 20 Franco Mostert, 21 Francois Louw, 22 Herschel Jantjies, 23 Frans Steyn.

Italy - 15 Matteo Minozzi, 14 Tommaso Benvenuti, 13 Luca Morisi, 12  Jayden Hayward, 11 Michele Campagnaro, 10 Tommaso Allan, 9 Tito Tebaldi, 8 Sergio Parisse (captain), 7 Jake Polledri, 6 Braam Steyn, 5 Dean Budd, 4 David Sisi, 3 Simone Ferrari, 2 Luca Bigi, 1 Andrea Lovotti.

Replacements - 16 Federico Zani, 17 Nicola Quaglio, 18 Marco Riccioni, 19 Alessandro Zanni, 20 Federico Ruzza, 21 Sebastian Negri, 22 Callum Braley, 23 Carlo Canna.

- Rugby World Cup