Springboks recall Francois Steyn, Jaque Fourie

South Africa coach Peter de Villiers has recalled World Cup winners Francois Steyn and Jaque Fourie to the backline for Tri-Nations test against Australia in Pretoria.

Steyn was named this morning (NZ time) at fullback in place of Gio Aplon after returning from his club Racing Metro in France. Fourie replaces Juan de Jongh at outside centre, after being banned for four weeks for a dangerous tackle against Australia in Brisbane.

Fourie said he was excited about banding together again with long-time midfield partner Jean de Villiers.

"It's great to be back with Jean," Fourie said. "It's been a long time since we played next to each other -- the last time was in last year's Tri-Nations.

"It's gone well in training and, as a combination, we'll just try to keep it simple, get over the advantage line and keep our forwards in the game," Fourie said.

De Villiers kept faith with the forwards who produced a much-improved display of intensity, physicality and accuracy at the breakdowns in the last-minute 29-22 loss to the All Blacks last weekend.

The 2009 southern hemisphere champions have not won any of their matches in this year's competition, and have struggled to match the tempo at which new champions New Zealand and the Wallabies have played.

"We've got two games now against Australia and we can certainly pick ourselves up," captain John Smit told a news conference in Pretoria on Tuesday.

"If we can forge the same intensity and urgency we showed last weekend, then we can limit the way they want to play."

Team: 15-Francois Steyn, 14-JP Pietersen, 13-Jaque Fourie, 12-Jean de Villiers, 11-Bryan Habana, 10-Morne Steyn, 9-Francois Hougaard, 8-Pierre Spies, 7-Juan Smith, 6-Schalk Burger, 5-Victor Matfield, 4-Flip van der Merwe, 3-Jannie du Plessis, 2-John Smit, 1-Gurthro Steenkamp.

Reserves: 16-Chiliboy Ralepelle, 17-CJ van der Linde, 18-Danie Rossouw, 19-Ryan Kankowski, 20-Enrico Januarie, 21-Butch James, 22-Juan de Jongh.

- Reuters