Coach Rassie Erasmus has swapped the Springboks’ front rows for the second Test against the All Blacks in Cape Town.
Gerhard Steenekamp, Deon Fourie and Thomas du Toit will now start the match, while Ox Nché, Malcolm Marx and Wilco Louw move to the bench.
The Boks named their team on Monday, but made changes on Friday when flyhalf Handré Pollard was ruled out with a calf injury and replaced by Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, while Cheslin Kolbe came in for Kurt-Lee Arendse on the right wing after recovering from a knock at Ellis Park.
SPRINGBOKS – 15 Damian Willemse, 14 Cheslin Kolbe, 13 Jesse Kriel, 12 Damian de Allende, 11 Ethan Hooker, 10 Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, 9 Cobus Reinach, 8 Jasper Wiese, 7 Pieter-Steph du Toit, 6 Siya Kolisi (c), 5 Ruan Nortjé, 4 Eben Etzebeth, 3 Thomas du Toit, 2 Deon Fourie, 1 Gerhard Steenekamp.
Bench: 16 Malcolm Marx, 17 Ox Nché, 18 Wilco Louw, 19 Lood de Jager, 20 André Esterhuizen, 21 Cameron Hanekom, 22 Morné van den Berg, 23 Manie Libbok.
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