Wiese, who plies his trade for the Leicester Tigers in England, now will be making his Springbok debut on Friday evening against Georgia in Pretoria.

Along with the Cheetahs and Blitzboks speedster, and the Sharks outside back, Aphelele Fassi, Wiese is one of three debutants.

The Springbok coach, Jacques Nienaber, told OFM Sport that Wiese has impressed with his physicality.

“Jasper has been outstanding in the Premiership in terms of getting momentum, and stopping momentum. He was one of the guys that just knocked the door down in terms of getting us to take notice of his performance there.”

Friday evening’s Test at Loftus Versfeld kicks off at 19:00.

Springboks to face Georgia - 15 Willie le Roux, 14 Rosko Specman, 13 Jesse Kriel, 12 Frans Steyn, 11 Aphelele Fassi, 10 Handré Pollard, 9 Cobus Reinach, 8 Kwagga Smith, 7 Pieter-Steph du Toit, 6 Siya Kolisi (captain), 5 Franco Mostert, 4 Eben Etzebeth, 3 Trevor Nyakane, 2 Bongi Mbonambi, 1 Ox Nche.

Replacements - 16 Malcolm Marx, 17 Steven Kitshoff, 18 Frans Malherbe, 19 Marvin Orie, 20 Jasper Wiese, 21 Herschel Jantjies, 22 Elton Jantjies, 23 Damian Willemse.

@MorganPiek OFM Sport