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Springboks Make Two Changes to Starting XV for Final New Zealand Test
Cheslin Kolbe will miss the match after fracturing his jaw, while Damian Willemse and Grant Williams are fit for selection.
- Coach Rassie Erasmus named the Springboks squad on Monday for Saturday's fourth Test against the All Blacks at M&T Bank Stadium in Baltimore, with the team holding a 2-1 lead in the 'Rugby's Greatest Rivalry' series.
- Damian Willemse returns to fullback after Cheslin Kolbe fractured his jaw during last Saturday's 29-24 victory in Johannesburg, while Willemse recovers from the hamstring strain that sidelined him in the Soweto Test.
- Elevating from the bench, scrumhalf Morne van den Berg earns his first series start, while Cobus Reinach drops to the replacements as Erasmus retained the core matchday 23 from Johannesburg.
- The 71,000-seat M&T Bank Stadium represents a strategic commercial expansion for Rugby World Cup organizers, with tickets still available at prices ranging from $127 to $1,284.
- Lock Eben Etzebeth will extend his record to 146 caps as the Springboks, 2019 and 2023 World Cup winners, return to the USA for only the third time this millennium to face the All Blacks.
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Willemse replaces Kolbe for Springboks' All Blacks series decider
Fleet-footed Kolbe broke his jaw in Saturday's 29-24 win in Johannesburg as the Rugby World Cup holders went 2-1 up in the four-match series, titled 'Rugby's Greatest Rivalry'. Morne van den Berg coming in for Cobus Reinach at scrum-half is the only other aleration for this Saturday's match at the home of the NFL's Baltimore Ravens. "Damian started the first two Tests and had it not been for a niggle last week, he would have also started that ma…
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Springboks make two changes to starting XV for final New Zealand test
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