15 July 2023
Mount Smart Stadium, Auckland
The Rugby Championship Match
South Africa
20
New Zealand
35
Captain: Eben Etzebeth Referee: Mathieu Raynal (France)
Coach: Jacques Nienaber Attendance: 31,265
Team - Combined caps: 796 (starting 15)
PositionPlayerProvinceAgePrev TestsScoring
Loose-head Prop Steven Kitshoff WP 3172 
Hooker Bongi Mbonambi Sharks 3257 
Tight-head Prop Frans Malherbe WP 3259 
Lock (C) Eben Etzebeth Sharks 31110 
Lock Lood de Jager Sale 3065 
Flank Kwagga Smith Yamaha 30311 try
Flank Franco Mostert Honda 3263 
Eighthman Jasper Wiese Leicester 2720 
Scrumhalf Faf de Klerk Canon 31461 penalty
Flyhalf Damian Willemse WP 2528 
Left Wing Makazole Mapimpi Sharks 3236 
Inside Centre Damian de Allende Wild Knights 3170 
Outside Centre Lukhanyo Am Sharks 2932 
Right Wing Cheslin Kolbe Suntory 29231 try, 1 conversion
Full Back Willie le Roux Verblitz 3384 
Reserve Malcolm Marx Spears 29591 try
Reserve Pieter-Steph du Toit Verblitz 3067 
Reserve RG Snyman Munster 2824 
Reserve Duane Vermeulen Ulster 3766 
Reserve Grant Williams Sharks 262 
Reserve Thomas du Toit Sharks 2816 
Reserve Vincent Koch Francais 3342 
Reserve Manie Libbok WP 254 
New Zealand: 4 tries, 3 conversions, 3 penalties
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Team for the Auckland test:
Back: Jasper Wiese, Malcolm Marx, Duane Vermeulen, RG Snyman, Frans Malherbe, Thomas du Toit, Vincent Koch
Middle: Faf de Klerk, Bongi Mbonambi, Makazole Mapimpi, Damian Willemse, Kwagga Smith, Manie Libbok, Grant Williams, Cheslin Kolbe
Front: Pieter-Steph du Toit, Damian de Allende, Willie le Roux, Eben Etzebeth (captain), Jacques Nienaber (coach), Lukhanyo Am, Steven Kitshoff, Lood de Jager, Franco Mostert