The match serves as a warm-up for tougher assignments ahead and Lambie, who will captain the side, has been asked to stake a claim for the number 10 jersey on a permanent basis having started the last two tests of the Boks’ disappointing Rugby Championship campaign at fullback.
He will be part of a new halfback pairing that includes scrumhalf Rugby Paige, with Jesse Kriel taking over the number 15 jersey.
Exciting Free State Cheetahs wing Sergeal Petersen also gets a run along with Lions centre Rohan Janse van Rensburg, who was excellent helping his side to the Super Rugby final and was a surprise omission from their Rugby Championship squad.
Coetzee has been forced to select a home-based team, for which no caps will be awarded, as the match against the Barbarians falls outside of the international fixture calendar.
He has a chance to try new combinations with sterner tests to come as the struggling Boks prepare to take on in-form England, Italy and Wales on consecutive Saturdays from Nov. 12.
"The Barbarians play an attacking, adventurous style of rugby and it will be a real test for our young side," Coetzee said in a statement from South Africa Rugby on Thursday.
"In ideal circumstances I would’ve preferred to give every player in the squad a run, but this tour was also about introducing players who are on our radar for the future."
South African rugby has sunk into the doldrums after a dismal 2016 in which the side has won only four of their nine tests and finished the Rugby Championship with a record 57-15 home loss to New Zealand.
The Barbarians lead the Boks 4-3 on the head-to-head and won the last fixture between the sides 26-20 six years ago.
Team: 15-Jesse Kriel, 14-Sergeal Petersen, 13-Francois Venter, 12-Rohan Janse van Rensburg, 11-Jamba Ulengo, 10-Pat Lambie (captain), 9-Rudy Paige, 8-Nizaam Carr, 7-Teboho Mohoje, 6-Roelof Smit, 5-Pieter-Steph du Toit, 4-RG Snyman, 3-Lourens Adriaanse, 2-Malcolm Marx, 1-Tendai Mtawarira.
Replacements: 16-Bongi Mbonambi, 17-Lizo Gqoboka, 18-Trevor Nyakane, 19-Eben Etzebeth, 20-Jean-Luc du Preez, 21-Piet van Zyl, 22-Tian Schoeman, 23-Ruan Combrinck.
(Reporting by Nick Said; editing by Mark Heinrich)
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