The Springboks have everything to do on Saturday, as they prepare to face the raging All Black in the fourth round of the rugby championship.
The men of Rassie Erasmus suffered a second consecutive defeat last Saturday by renouncing a lead at half-time allowing them to fall from 23 to 18 against the Wallabies in Brisbane.
They remain in second place in the standings but are nine points behind world champions, who have claimed a full house of points in all three games of the competition.
This means that the Springboks enter Saturday's clash as neglected and have suffered a major setback with one of the men who landed on their last outing, Makazole Mapimpi was sent home after to be injured in the knee during the first half of the match.
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The winger was replaced by beginner Cheslin Kolbe that day and no substitute was called to fill his place. Erasmus told him that he would opt for continuity in Wellington.
"We have Cheslin Kolbe with us who played all the second half last Saturday on the wing, but we also have other options, such as Jesse Kriel and even Lukhanyo Am, who has already played rugby," he said. -he declares.
"We will try to select the most experienced team for this match, with as few changes as possible."
Jordie Barrett, 14 Ben Smith, 13 Anton Lienert-Brown, 12 Ryan Crotty, 11 Rieko Ioane, 10 Beauden Barrett, 9 Aaron Smith, 8 Kieran Read (Captain), 7 Sam Cane, 6 Liam Squire, 5 Scott Barrett, 4 Sam Whitelock, 3 Owen Franks, 2 Codie Taylor, 1 Karl Tu'inukuafe
Substitutes: 16 Liam Coltman, 17 Tim Perry, 18 Ofa Tu'ungafasi, 19 Patrick Tuipulotu, 20 Ardie Savea, 21 TJ Perenara, 22 Jack Goodhue, 23 Damian McKenzie
South Africa
15 Willie the Roux, 14 Jesse Kriel 13 Lukhanyo Am, 12 Allende Damian, 11 Aphiwe Dyantyi, 10 Pollard Handle, 9 Klerk Faf, 8 Warren Whiteley, 7 Pieter Steph du Toit, 6 Siya Kolisi (Captain), 5 Franco Mostert, 4 Eben Etzebeth, 3 Frans Malherbe, 2 Malcolm Marx, 1 Steven Kitshoff
Substitutes: 16 Bongi Mbonambi, 17 Beast Mtawarira, 18 Wilco Louw, 19 RG Snyman, 20 Francois Louw, 21 Ross Cronje, 22 Elton Jantjies, 23 Cheslin Kolbe.
Kick off and where to look
Kick off: 9:35
Television and live broadcast: the match will be broadcast live on Supersport 1. If you are away from TV, you can follow our live updates from 7:35 on Saturday morning.
