POWERFUL prop Chris Horsman has shaken off an ankle injury to make his second start for Wales on Saturday.

The Worcester Warriors pack ace is favoured ahead of Adam Jones amid sweeping changes from head coach Mike Ruddock for the Millennium Stadium clash with South Africa.

Horsman, 27, left the field on his full debut in last Friday's 11-10 victory over Fiji but returned to training earlier this week to boost hopes of him making the line-up.

He is one of 10 changes Ruddock has made to the first-choice Wales side who were well beaten 41-3 by the All Blacks on November 5.

Ruddock explained: "Our rationale has been to go for a team that has the potential to play the exciting brand of rugby that we associate with the Welsh team.

"It is a team that can adopt a strong defensive attitude when the Springboks have the ball.

"We may have lost a few players to injuries but we believe we have an exceptionally strong team here with a good mix of experienced players and some great young prospects.

"We obviously had decisions to make at centre, full-back and wing, but we feel we have come up with the right balance for this game."

Dafydd James, the 2001 Lion called into the squad as injury cover, wins his first Wales cap in three years, starting on the right-wing.

Two changes are enforced with James replacing Kevin Morgan (ankle) and Luke Charteris in place of lock Brent Cockbain (hamstring).

Lee Byrne starts at full-back with captain Gareth Thomas moving to outside centre in place of Mark Taylor.

Thomas is partnered in midfield by Sonny Parker, who comes in for Ceri Sweeney, while Gareth Cooper takes over from Mike Phillips at scrum-half.

Along with Horsman in the pack, hooker Rhys Thomas has ousted Mefin Davies, while Lions flanker Martyn Williams returns with Jonathan Thomas slipping to the bench and Colin Charvis moving to the blind-side.