Canan Moodie (wing) and Jaden Hendrikse (scrumhalf) make their first appearances in the Springbok team since the 2023 Rugby World Cup for the clash in Cape Town on Saturday. Double RWC winners Willie le Roux (fullback) and Lukhanyo Am (utility back) also return to the match-23 to face New Zealand in the Castle Lager Rugby Championship in Cape Town.

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Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus recalled the quartet to the side, which shows seven changes, two of which are positional, to the starting XV which defeated the All Blacks, 31-27, at Emirates Airline Park in Johannesburg on Saturday.

Grant Williams (scrumhalf) earns his first start of the season in partnership with Handre Pollard (flyhalf) who is promoted from the bench along with Eben Etzebeth (lock). Roux and Moodie come straight into the XV.

Springbok captain Siya Kolisi, who took a hard blow to the cheek in last week’s clash, made it through all the training sessions this week. He has been cleared to play, which will see him start in a powerful loose trio with Jasper Wiese (No 8) and Pieter-Steph du Toit, who reverts from lock to flanker.

SPRINGBOK TEAM TO FACE NEW ZEALAND IN CAPE TOWN

15 – Willie le Roux (Vodacom Bulls) – 96 caps, 75 pts (15t)

14 – Canan Moodie (Vodacom Bulls) – 10 caps, 25 pts (5t)

13 – Jesse Kriel (Canon Eagles) – 74 caps, 80 points (16t)

12 –Damian de Allende (Wild Knights) – 83 caps, 55 points (11t)

11 – Cheslin Kolbe (Suntory Sungoliath) – 36 caps, 96 points (15t, 3c, 5p)

10 – Handre Pollard (Leicester Tigers) – 74 caps, 734 points (7t, 99c, 162p, 5dg)

9 – Grant Williams (Hollywoodbets Sharks) – 14 caps, 15 points (3t)

8 – Jasper Wiese (Urayasu D-Rocks) – 28 caps, 5 points (1t)

7 – Pieter-Steph du Toit (Toyota Verblitz) – 82 caps, 45 points (9t)

6 – Siya Kolisi (captain, Racing 92) – 87 caps, 55 points (11t)

5 – Ruan Nortje (Vodacom Bulls) – 3 caps, 0 points

4 – Eben Etzebeth (Hollywoodbets Sharks) – 125 caps, 30 points (6t)

3 – Frans Malherbe (DHL Stormers) – 74 caps, 5 points (1t)

2 – Bongi Mbonambi (Hollywoodbets Sharks) – 73 caps, 75 points (15t)

1 – Ox Nche (Hollywoodbets Sharks) – 34 caps, 0 points

REPLACEMENTS 

16 – Malcolm Marx (Kubota Spears) – 70 caps, 95 points (19t)

17 – Gerhard Steenekamp (Vodacom Bulls) – 5 caps, 0 points

18 – Vincent Koch (Hollywoodbets Sharks) – 55 caps, 0 points

19 – Kwagga Smith (Shizuoka Blue Revs) – 46 caps, 45 points (9t)

20 – Elrigh Louw (Vodacom Bulls) – 7 caps, 0 points

21 – Jaden Hendrikse (Hollywoodbets Sharks) – 15 caps, 12 pts (2t, 1c)

22 – Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu (DHL Stormers) – 7 caps, 49 points (14c, 4p)

23 – Lukhanyo Am (Hollywoodbets Sharks) – 37 caps, 35 pts (7t)