Here is everything you need to know as the Springboks and All Blacks prepare for a blockbuster battle at Ellis Park on Saturday.
The third round Rugby Championship match between the Springboks and All Blacks will be the first time since the Rugby World Cup final in Paris last year that the two teams will meet, with the second encounter taking place next week in Cape Town.
The centre pairing of Jesse Kriel and Damian de Allende will extend their record of playing the most Test matches together in the midfield to 32 . Should Malcolm Marx score a try he will move to 20 and into tenth equal place on the all-time Springbok try-scoring list with James Small. He is already the leading Springbok forward try scorer.Should Kwagga Smith take the field, he will need only four more Test caps to join the club of Springboks with 50 Test caps.
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