29 August 2026
Cape Town Stadium, Cape Town
Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry
South Africa
New Zealand
Captain: Siya Kolisi Referee: Angus Gardner (Australia)
Coach: Rassie Erasmus
Combined caps: 964 (starting 15)
PositionPlayerProvinceAgePrev TestsScoring
Loose-head Prop Ox Nche Sharks 3149 
Hooker Malcolm Marx Spears 3290 
Tight-head Prop Wilco Louw WP 3232 
Lock Eben Etzebeth Sharks 34143 
Lock Ruan Nortjé Spears 2821 
Flank (C) Siya Kolisi WP 35104 
Flank Pieter-Steph du Toit Verblitz 3499 
Eighthman Jasper Wiese D-Rocks 3046 
Scrumhalf Cobus Reinach WP 3654 
Flyhalf Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu WP 2421 
Left Wing Ethan Hooker Sharks 2310 
Inside Centre Damian de Allende Wild Knights 34100 
Outside Centre Jesse Kriel Eagles (Canon) 3291 
Right Wing Cheslin Kolbe WP 3251 
Full Back Damian Willemse WP 2853 
Match pictures:
Jasper WieseGerhard SteenekampRuan NortjéAndré EsterhuizenEthan HookerCameron HanekomThomas du ToitMorné van den BergOx NcheDeon FourieManie LibbokSacha Feinberg-MngomezuluWilco LouwDamian WillemseCheslin KolbeCobus ReinachMalcolm MarxEben EtzebethSiya KolisiRassie ErasmusJesse KrielPieter-Steph du ToitDamian de AllendeLood de Jager
Team for the Cape Town test:
Back: Jasper Wiese, Gerhard Steenekamp, Ruan Nortjé, André Esterhuizen, Ethan Hooker, Cameron Hanekom, Thomas du Toit
Middle: Morné van den Berg, Ox Nche, Deon Fourie, Manie Libbok, Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, Wilco Louw, Damian Willemse, Cheslin Kolbe
Front: Cobus Reinach, Malcolm Marx, Eben Etzebeth, Siya Kolisi (captain), Dr Johan Erasmus (coach), Jesse Kriel, Pieter-Steph du Toit (100th test), Damian de Allende, Lood de Jager