EXPLAINER: How, when and where Etzebeth will snatch Bok caps record from Big Vic

Eben Etzebeth is on track to overtake the legendary Victor Matfield as Springbok with the most Test appearances of all time.

Find out when and where he’ll break the record!

He replaces Marco van Staden on the Springboks’ bench, which offers the team specialist lock cover for the starting combination of Pieter-Steph du Toit and Ruan Nortje.in the green and gold jersey, which will see him leapfrog Bryan Habana as the second most capped Springbok of all time and take one step closer to Victor Matfield’s Springbok Test record of 127 caps.As things stand, Etzebeth needs three Test appearances to equal Matfield’s record of 127 caps and four to break that record.

He will equal Matfield’s record in the Springboks’ clash against Los Pumas in the city of Santiago del Estero in on 21 September and then break the record to stand alone as the most capped Bok of all time in the return game against Los Pumas in Mbombela on Saturday, 28 September. The South African website’s Animal Sighting article features weekly wildlife videos. Today’s video shows leopard diving into water.

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