Springboks pick dynamic half-backs for final Championship warm-up
Head coach Rassie Erasmus has chosen 46 players for four warm-up matches, with the first three against Italy (twice) and the Barbarians delivering a hat-trick of victories, 87 points and 21 tries.
The record four-time Rugby World Cup winners have notched 86 points in two previous wins over the Georgians and another convincing victory is anticipated in the one-off Test.
South Africa begin their defence of the Rugby Championship with two home matches in August against Australia. They then face arch rivals New Zealand twice on the road and Argentina at home and away.
Erasmus has rung the changes as he seeks greater Springbok depth, making five changes to the team after the BaaBaas match, 11 after the first Italy Test and 10 after the second.
"We never drop somebody in our team, we rotate," he told reporters ahead of the match at a 43,500-seat stadium in northeast South Africa built for the 2010 FIFA World Cup.
The pairing of fly-half Feinberg-Mngomezulu and scrum-half Williams for the first time this season has triggered excitement as both are dynamic with ball in hand.
If the duo click, second-tier Georgia could face a challenging evening as the evolution of the Springboks continues with less reliance on the once favoured kick-and-chase approach.
Competition for the number 10 shirt is intense with Erasmus also starting famed goal-kicker Handre Pollard and creative Manie Libbok this season.
There are even more scrum-half candidates, including Williams, Faf de Klerk, Cobus Reinach, recent addition Morne van den Berg and currently out-of-favour Jaden Hendricks.
Erasmus craves versatility and what boosts Williams is his ability to also perform as a winger, which he did occasionally during the triumphant 2023 World Cup campaign in France.
Williams is far from alone in being adaptable in a team where inside centre Andre Esterhuizen was labelled a "hybrid player" by Erasmus after being deployed as a flanker against the Barbarians.
"Jesse (Kriel) can move from centre to the wing, Handre can move to centre, Sacha can move to centre or full-back," said the head coach.
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