South Africa have made two late changes to their side for the second Test against New Zealand in Cape Town with Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu and Cheslin Kolbe now set to start.
Feinberg-Mngomezulu takes the place of Handre Pollard, who picked up an injury in training on Wednesday, at fly half and will now retain the No 10 shirt having been dropped to the bench earlier this week.
Kolbe, meanwhile, had originally been stood down with an injury niggle but has been passed fit to take the place of Kurt-Lee Arendse on the right wing. Manie Libbok is brought on to the bench by Rassie Erasmus to provide backline cover.
The Springboks saw a 12-match winning streak ended by the All Blacks’ 33-16 victory in the first of four Tests in the Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry tour, and must win this weekend to remain in with a chance of winning the series.
Encounters in Johannesburg and Baltimore follow this weekend’s clash at the Cape Town Stadium.
South Africa XV: 1 Ox Nche, 2 Malcolm Marx, 3 Wilco Louw; 4 Eben Etzebeth, 5 Ruan Nortje; 6 Siya Kolisi (capt.), 7 Pieter-Steph du Toit, 8 Jasper Wiese; 9 Cobus Reinach, 10 Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu; 11 Ethan Hooker, 12 Damian de Allende, 13 Jesse Kriel, 14 Cheslin Kolbe; 15 Damian Willemse.
Replacements: 16 Deon Fourie, 17 Gerhard Steenekamp, 18 Thomas du Toit, 19 Lood de Jager, 20 Andre Esterhuizen, 21 Cameron Hanekom; 22 Morne van den Berg, 23 Manie Libbok.
