South Africa’s Siya Kolisi celebrates winning the Freedom Cup during the Rugby Championship Test match between New Zealand’s All Blacks and South Africa’s Springboks at Sky Stadium in Wellington on September 13, 2025.
JOHANNESBURG - Springboks coach Rassie Erasmus has prioritised squad depth and structural consistency for the Springboks' highly anticipated FNB Stadium showdown against the All Blacks this Saturday.
Erasmus named four changes ahead of the third Test in Soweto, with the series tied at 1-all after South Africa levelled matters at Cape Town’s DHL Stadium this past weekend.
The match-day changes 23 will see the front row of Ox Nche, Wilco Louw and Malcolm Marx return to the starting team.
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Gerhard Steenekamp, Thomas du Toit and Deon Fourie switch to the replacements bench while an injury-enforced change to versatile back Damian Willemse sees Cheslin Kolbe switch to fullback.
Kurt-Lee Arendse is drafted onto the wing in the starting team.
Siya Kolisi will lead the team once again while Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu takes over fly-half duties in a must-win-affair.