South Africa vs New Zealand: The Springboks and the All Blacks meet in Mbombela on Saturday because the Rugby Championship kicks off.
The match will get underway at 17:05.
South Africa vs New Zealand: LIVE scores
South Africa vs New Zealand: LIVE scores from Flashscore.
Teams and Match data
All Blacks match-day 23:
1. George Bower (14)
2. Samison Taukei’aho (11)
3. Angus Ta’avao (22)
4. Sam Whitelock (134)
5. Scott Barrett (50)
6. Akira Ioane (14)
7. Sam Cane © (80)
8. Ardie Savea (62)
9. Aaron Smith (105)
10. Beauden Barrett (104)
11. Caleb Clarke (5)
12. David Havili (16)
13. Rieko Ioane (50)
14. Will Jordan (15)
15. Jordie Barrett (39)
16. Dane Coles (81)
17. Ethan de Groot (4)
18. Tyrel Lomax (14)
19. Tupou Vaa’i (12)
20. Shannon Frizell (17)
21. Finlay Christie (6)
22. Richie Mo’unga (35)
23. Quinn Tupaea (9)
Springbok workforce to face New Zealand in Nelspruit:
15 – Damian Willemse (DHL Stormers) – 18 caps, 12 pts (1t, 2c, 1p)
14 – Kurt-Lee Arendse (Vodacom Bulls) – 1 cap, 0 pts
13 – Lukhanyo Am (Cell C Sharks) – 28 caps, 25 pts (5t)
12 – Damian de Allende (Wild Knights) – 60 caps, 35 pts (7t)
11 – Makazole Mapimpi (Cell C Sharks) – 27 caps, 100 pts (20t)
10 – Handre Pollard (Leicester Tigers) – 62 caps, 633 pts (7t, 86c, 138p, 4d)
9 – Faf de Klerk (Canon Eagles) – 38 caps, 25pts (5t)
8 – Jasper Wiese (Leicester Tigers) – 13 caps, 0 pts
7 – Pieter-Steph du Toit (Toyota Verblitz) – 60 caps, 25 pts (5t)
6 – Siya Kolisi (captain, Cell C Sharks) – 65 caps, 35 pts (7t)
5 – Lood de Jager (Wild Knights) – 58 caps, 25 pts (5t)
4 – Eben Etzebeth (Cell C Sharks) – 100 caps, 15 pts (3t)
3 – Frans Malherbe (DHL Stormers) – 48 caps, 5pts (1t)
2 – Malcolm Marx (Kubota Spears) – 49 caps, 55 pts (11t)
1 – Trevor Nyakane (Racing 92) – 56 caps, 5pts (1t)
Replacements:
16 – Bongi Mbonambi (Cell C Sharks) – 50 caps, 55 pts (11t)
17 – Steven Kitshoff (DHL Stormers) – 61 caps, 5pts (1t)
18 – Vincent Koch (Wasps) – 34 caps, 0 pts
19 – Salmaan Moerat (DHL Stormers) – 1 cap, 0 pts
20 – Franco Mostert (Honda Heat) – 53 caps, 5pts (1t)
21 – Kwagga Smith (Shizuoka Blue Revs) – 21 caps, 5 pts (1t)
22 – Jaden Hendrikse (Cell C Sharks) – 4 caps, 5 pts (1t)
23 – Willie le Roux (Toyota Verblitz) – 74 caps, 60 pts (12t)
Springbok vs New Zealand report:
Played 101; Won 37; Lost 60; Drawn 4; Points for: 1625; Points towards: 2098, Tries scored 156; Tries conceded 229; Highest rating 46-40 in Johannesburg (2000); Biggest win 17-0 in Durban, 1928. Win % 36%.
Milestones:
- Only three Tests have beforehand been performed on the Mbombela Stadium in Nelspruit – 2013 towards Scotland, 2014 towards Wales and 2016 towards Argentina.
- To date, the All Blacks have performed in 50 Test matches on South African soil.
- Handre Pollard is the second highest level scorer towards New Zealand with 120 factors in 12 Test matches – solely 19 factors fewer than Morné Steyn, with 139 factors in 13 Test matches.
- Beauden Barrett is third on the All Blacks vs South Africa points-scoring checklist with 102 factors in 15 Test matches.
- The following might be a singular report if achieved: the three Barrett brothers want to attain 38 factors to achieve a 1000 factors in Test matches. Their contributions are presently: Beauden Barrett (708 factors), Jordie Barrett (229 factors) and Scott Barrett (25 factors).
Miscellaneous:
The complete Test caps for the Springbok beginning line-up is:
- There are 234 caps within the backline with 449 caps amongst the forwards. On the bench there are an additional 298.
- The common caps per participant within the backline are 33, the forwards 55, whereas the gamers on the bench common 37.
