Gregor Townsend has made six changes to his Scotland team for the Autumn Test against South Africa on Saturday.

The head coach has freshened up his side form the win over Fiji as he aims for back-to-back wins at Murrayfield.

Glasgow Warriors centre Huw Jones returns to the back division while London Irish prop Gordon Reid gets his first start of the autumn campaign as loosehead.

Vice-captain Stuart McInally (hooker) and lock Jonny Gray come back into the team after being rested against Fiji, as do second-row Ben Toolis and back-row Hamish Watson.

Sam Skinner, who was man of the match against Fiji starts in the blind-side flank position where he finished on Saturday, having started at lock.

Townsend said his side would be facing a team that has come into form recently and he detailed why they would pose a particular threat.

He said: "South Africa have made a lot of improvements over the last three or four months, beating the All Blacks in New Zealand and putting in an 80-minute performance to defeat France in Paris, which underlines their quality.

"Their traditional strength has always been their physicality and this remains a key point of difference for them. We expect them to be confrontational and powerful in their ball carrying, their defence and also at set-piece time. It will be a great challenge for our forward pack in particular.

"South Africa have always had a smart kicking game with an excellent chase but what we've seen over the past few months is an ambition to move the ball from counter attack and a push to get their forwards passing the ball more.

"Our defence will have to be strong to nullify this ambitious attacking game plan.

"We're looking forward to playing one of the best teams in the world and playing once more in front of a sell-out crowd at BT Murrayfield."

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