Ireland head coach Scott Bemand and his squad arrived in South Africa last week and have been working hard ahead of today's game in Cape Town.

Neve Jones will win her 50th cap in green and is joined in the front-row by Linda Djougang and Eilís Cahill.

Lock Dorothy Wall returns to action and is partnered by Jane Clohessy, while Fiona Tuite-O’Sullivan, captain Erin King and Brittany Hogan make up the back row.

In the back three, Stacey Flood starts at full-back with Robyn O'Connor and Béibhinn Parsons on the wings.

Aoife Dalton and Anna McGann have been chosen in midfield, with Dannah O'Brien and Emily Lane retaining their half-back partnership once more.

On the bench, Beth Buttimer, Niamh O’Dowd and Sadhbh McGrath Kate Jordan, Grace Moore and Jemima Adams Verling provide forward reinforcements, with Aoibheann Reilly and Eve Higgins completing Ireland’s 23 as backline cover.

Ireland: Stacey Flood; Beibhinn Parsons, Anna McGann, Aoife Dalton, Robyn O'Connor; Dannah O'Brien, Emily Lane; Linda Djougang, Neve Jones, Eilís Cahill, Jane Clohessy, Dorothy Wall, Fiona Tuite-O'Sullivan, Erin King (capt), Brittany Hogan.

Replacements: Beth Buttimer, Niamh O'Dowd, Sadhbh McGrath, Kate Jordan, Grace Moore, Jemima Adams Verling, Aoibheann Reilly, Eve Higgins.