Wales team selector: Your starting XV for third South Africa Test
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Josh Adams scored Wales' decisive late try after coming off the bench for the injured Alex Cuthbert in Bloemfontein
South Africa v Wales: Third Test |
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Venue: DHL Stadium, Cape Town Date: Saturday, 16 July Kick-off: 16:05 BST |
Coverage: Live radio commentary on BBC Radio Wales (including Radio Wales Extra and 882 MW), Radio Cymru and BBC Sport Online, plus live text and match report on the BBC Sport website |
After the historic second Test victory in Bloemfontein, BBC Sport online voters would have made two changes for Saturday's series decider in Cape Town.
With Alex Cuthbert out injured there is no surprise that Josh Adams returns to your starting XV for the third Test.
You also backed both skipper Dan Biggar and prop Dillon Lewis to start despite injury worries, with prop Wyn Jones your one unenforced change.
Head coach Wayne Pivac, however, will stick with tight-head Gareth Thomas.
Captain Biggar suffered a shoulder injury in the 13-12 second Test win but 60% of you would like to see him start Wales' bid for a first ever Test series victory in South Africa. Gareth Anscombe - who kicked the winning conversion as a replacement last weekend - received 38% of the votes at outside-half.
Lewis picked up an elbow problem in Bloemfontein. He is the first-choice tight-head in 47.95% of your selections. Sam Wainwright, who came on to make his international debut, has 38.13% backing to start for the first time.
On the other side of the front row, Jones (49.56%) is narrowly preferred by voters to Thomas (44.48%) who was Pivac's choice in both the preceding Tests.
Hooker Ryan Elias (56.84%) is now preferred to Dewi Lake (40.28%) who BBC Sport voters had made first choice in last week's second Test selection.
All your other selections are fairly clear-cut, with the exception of scrum-half where Kieran Hardy received 43% backing, ahead of Tomos Williams (34.09%) and Gareth Davies (22.74%).
You can still pick your third Test XV but your selections will not be counted towards the result - and remember to share your picks on social media using #bbcrugby.