Aphelele Fassi has retained his place at fullback while Jasper Wiese is set to make his first appearance of the season when the Boks tackle the All Blacks at Ellis Park on Saturday.
Aphelele Fassi has retained his place at fullback for the Springboks, while Jasper Wiese is set to make his first appearance of the season as Rassie Erasmus rang the changes for the clash with the All Blacks at Ellis Park on Saturday.
However, there are only three changes to the match day squad that opened the series with a 33-7 victory in Brisbane – and two of those forced by injuries to locks. Pieter-Steph du Toit moves from the side of the scrum to partner Nortje while Wiese is joined in the back row by Bok captain Siya Kolisi and Ben-Jason Dixon, who has recovered from the knee injury that ruled him out of the Perth Test.
Erasmus’ bench – which features a split of six forwards and two backs – will see Malcolm Marx, Gerhard Steenekamp and Vincent Koch in the replacement front row, while Elrigh Louw, Marco van Staden and the energetic Kwagga Smith will offer the team solid loose forward cover options.
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