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Ireland captain Peter O’Mahony has dropped to the bench while Bundee Aki is ruled out for Ireland’s second Test against South Africa in Durban on Saturday – live on Sky Sports.

Needing a win over the Springboks to level the series, Ireland head coach Andy Farrell has made four changes to the side that lost 27-20 to the world champions last weekend in a heavyweight encounter at Loftus Versfeld.

O’Mahony has been named on the bench, with Caelan Doris to instead captain the side for the second time, at Kings Park.

“You don’t expect those conversations to be easy and don’t get me wrong, he not accepting and he’s not happy obviously but he does the right thing for the team,” he said.