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Eleven changes for winless Namibia

Theuns Kotzé, Torsten van Jaarsveld, Tjiuee Uanivi and Chrysander Botha retain their spots in the starting line-up – as the Welwitschias continue to seek their first World Cup victory.

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The 11 changes are the most Namibia have made between successive matches in the same World Cup campaign.

Jacques Burger is not in the 23 as he retired after being concussed early in the game against Georgia, in which he equalled Hugo Horn's team record for most World Cup appearances (11).

Johnny Redelinghuys, Tinus du Plessis and Eugene Jantjies all might join Burger and Horn on 11 should they come on as replacements.

In the absence of Burger, Rohan Kitshoff will captain the side and for the first time since 2007 the Welwitschias will be skippered by someone other than Burger in a World Cup match.

Uanivi and Kotzé have played the full 240 minutes of Namibia's World Cup 2015 campaign so far.

Namibia: 15  Chrysander Botha, 14  Johan Tromp, 13 JC Greyling, 12 Johan Deysel, 11 Conrad Marais, 10 Theuns Kotze, 9 Eneill Buitendag, 8 Leneve Damens, 7 Wian Conradie, 6 Rohan Kitshoff (captain), 5 Tijuee Uanivi, 4 Janco Venter, 3 Johannes Coetzee, 2 Torsten Van Jaarsveld, 1 Jaco Engels.

Replacements: 16 Louis van der Westhuizen, 17 Johnny Redelinghuys, 18 Raoul Larson, 19 Renaldo Bothma, 20 Tinus du Plessis, 21 PJ Van Lill, 22 Eugene Jantjes, 23 Heinrich Smit.

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Date: Sunday, October 11

Venue:  Leicester City Stadium, Leicester

Kick-off 12.00 (11.00 GMT; 13.00 Namibian time; 08.00)

Referee: Pascal Gauzère (France)

Assistant referees: Jérôme Garcès (France), Mike Fraser (New Zealand)

TMO: George Ayoub (Australia)

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