Another New Zealand referee for Springboks v Wallabies in Sydney!

Just when the Springboks and their fans thought they’d seen the last of New Zealand referee Paul Williams – HE’S BACK!

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Williams angered Springboks supporters – and frustrated the Springboks themselves – last Saturday with a series of baffling decisions – along with his TMO and fellow Kiwi, Brendon Pickerill.

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Chief among the incidents in question were the last-gasp tackle of Wallabies wing Marika Koroibete to deny Springbok flyer Makazole Mapimpi a try, and the yellow card dished out to Springbok scrumhalf Faf de Klerk for his ‘slap’ of opposite number, Nic White.

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While Paul Williams won’t be the referee on Saturday, he is one of the assistant referees while Pickerill will again be on TMO duty.

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The second assistant referee will also be the same as last weekend, little-known Frenchman Tual Trainini.

The referee for Saturday’s Test is another New Zealander, Ben O’Keeffe.

Kick-off at the Allianz Stadium is scheduled for 11:35 (SA time).

Be sure to follow the match LIVE on The South African website.

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AUSTRALIA V SPRINGBOKS

Australia

TBA

South Africa

15 Willie le Roux, 14 Canan Moodie, 13 Jesse Kriel, 12 Damian de Allende, 11 Makazole Mapimpi, 10 Damian Willemse, 9 Jaden Hendrikse, 8 Jasper Wiese, 7 Franco Mostert, 6 Siya Kolisi (captain), 5 Lood de Jager, 4 Eben Etzebeth, 3 Frans Malherbe, 2 Malcolm Marx, 1 Steven Kitshoff

Substitutes: 16 Deon Fourie, 17 Ox Nche, 18 Trevor Nyakane, 19 Kwagga Smith, 20 Duane Vermeulen, 21 Cobus Reinach, 22 Frans Steyn, 23 Warrick Gelant

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