Romania head coach Eugen Apjok has announced his squad to face the Springboks in Stade de Bordeaux on Sunday, making three changes to his starting XV for the Oaks’ second Pool B match of the Rugby World Cup in France.

In the pack, Marius Iftimiciuc comes into the second row in place of Stefan Iancu, who moves to the bench, while Andre Gorin will become the 24th Romania player in the space of a week to make their Rugby World Cup debut after being named on the blindside.

The only other change of personnel comes at centre, where Taylor Gontineac replaces Fonovai Tangimana, while the two retained wings, Nicholas Onutu and Tevita Manumua, swap jerseys.

Tighthead prop Alexandru Gordas and No 8 and captain Cristian Chirica are Romania's most experienced players in the match-23 with 35 caps apiece.

Romania’s oldest and most experienced player at RWC 2023, Florin Surugiu, is still not fit so Gabriel Rupanu retains his place at scrumhalf. Rupanu’s try, clocked at just two minutes and 11 seconds, was Romania’s quickest-ever RWC try.

Sunday’s game in Bordeaux kicks off at 15:00.

Springboks - 15 Willie le Roux, 14 Grant Williams, 13 Canan Moodie, 12 André Esterhuizen, 11 Makazole Mapimpi, 10 Damian Willemse, 9 Cobus Reinach, 8 Duane Vermeulen, 7 Kwagga Smith, 6 Marco van Standen, 5 Marvin Orie, 4 Jean Kleyn, 3 Vincent Koch, 2 Bongi Mbonambi (captain), 1 Ox Nche.

Replacements - 16 Deon Fourie, 17 Steven Kitshoff, 18 Trevor Nyakane, 19 RG Snyman, 20 Jasper Wiese, 21 Jaden Hendrikse, 22 Faf de Klerk, 23 Jesse Kriel.

Romania - 15 Marius Simionescu, 14 Tevita Manumua, 13 Jason Tomane, 12 Taylor Gontineac, 11 Nicholas Onutu, 10 Hinckley Vaovasa, 9 Gabriel Rupanu, 8 Cristian Chirica (captain), 7 Vlad Neculau, 6 Andre Gorin, 5 Marius Iftimiciuc, 4 Adrian Motoc, 3 Alexandru Gordas, 2 Ovidiu Cojocaru, 1 Iulian Hartig

Replacements -16 Robert Irimescu, 17 Alexandru Savin, 18 Thomas Cretu, 19 Stefan Iancu, 20 Damian Stratila, 21 Cristi Boboc, 22 Alin Conache, 23 Gabriel Pop