Springboks v All Blacks: Stats, facts and team sheets

The Springboks will play a crucial game at Twickenham on Friday before launching their World Cup title defence against Scotland on Sunday 10 September, in Marseille.

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This weekend’s match kicks off 20h30 SA time and will be broadcast live on SuperSport.

Prior to the encounter, you can check out some key facts and figures below.

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SPRINGBOKS’ RECORD AGAINST NEW ZEALAND:

Played 104, Lost 62, Won 38, Drawn 4. Points for 2 178, Points against: 1 694. Tries scored 160, Tries conceded 234. Highest score 46-40, Biggest win 17 points (17-0 in 1928). Win %: 37%.

Milestones:

• South Africa and New Zealand have only faced another once at Twickenham in 2015 – a match the All Blacks by two points (20-18).
• Canan Moodie will start his first Test for the Springboks at centre.
• Siya Kolisi needs to score one more try to reach 10 Test tries and 50 points.
• Malcolm Marx needs one try to become the sole record holder for the most Test tries by a Springbok forward – he currently shares the record with Schalk Burger.

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Miscellaneous:

• The total Test caps for the Springbok starting line-up is 746.
• There are 155 caps in the backline, with 591 caps among the forwards. On the bench there are a further 298 caps.
• The average caps per player in the backline is 22, the forwards 73, while the players on the bench average 37.

Team line ups:

New Zealand – 15 Beauden Barrett, 14 Will Jordan, 13 Rieko Ioane, 12 Jordie Barrett, 11 Mark Telea, 10 Richie Mounga, 9 Aaron Smith, 8 Ardie Savea, 7 Sam Cane (c), 6 Luke Jacobson, 5 Scott Barrett, 4 Sam Whitelock, 3 Tyrel Lomax, 2 Dane Coles, 1 Ethan de Groot.
Subs: 16 Samisoni Taukei’aho, 17 Tamaiti Williams, 18 Fletcher Newell, 19 Josh Lord, 20 Tupou Vaai, 21 Dalton Papali’i, 22 Cam Roigard, 23 Anton Leinert-Brown.

Springboks – 15 Damian Willemse, 14 Kurt-Lee Arendse, 13 Canan Moodie, 12 Andre Esterhuizen, 11 Makazole Mapimpi, 10 Manie Libbok, 9 Faf de Klerk, 8 Duane Vermeulen, 7 Pieter-Steph du Toit, 6 Siya Kolisi (c), 5 Franco Mostert, 4 Eben Etzebeth, 3 Frans Malherbe, 2 Bongi Mbonambi, 1 Steven Kitshoff.
Subs: 16 Malcolm Marx, 17 Ox Nche, 18 Trevor Nyakane, 19 Jean Kleyn, 20 RG Snyman, 21 Marco van Staden, 22 Cobus Reinach, 23 Willie le Roux.

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