Springboks v Wallabies | Kick-off time on Saturday confirmed
The Wallabies will host the Springboks in Round 4 in this season's Rugby Championship at the Allianz Stadium in Sydney on Saturday.
The Wallabies will host the Springboks in Round 4 in this season’s Rugby Championship at the Allianz Stadium in Sydney on Saturday, 3 September.
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It will be the second clash between the two nations in the space of eight days after Australia won the first match in Adelaide, 25-17.
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The Springboks have a shockingly poor record against the Wallabies in Australia having won just 12 of 42 Tests played to date (29%) and haven’t tasted success since 2013.
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Kick-off will be at 11:35 (SA time)
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That match will follow the earlier All Blacks v Argentina clash from Hamilton (09:05 SA time).
BOTH matches will be LIVE on The South African website.
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AUSTRALIA V SPRINGBOKS
Australia
15 Reece Hodge, 14 Tom Wright, 13 Len Ikitau, 12 Hunter Paisami, 11 Marika Koroibete, 10 Noah Lolesio, 9 Nic White, 8 Rob Valetini, 7 Fraser McReight, 6 Jed Holloway, 5 Matt Philip, 4 Rory Arnold, 3 Allan Alaalatoa, 2 Folau Fainga’a, 1 James Slipper (captain)
Substitutes: 16 David Porecki, 17 Scott Sio, 18 Taniela Tupou, 19 Darcy Swain, 20 Rob Leota, 21 Pete Samu, 22 Jake Gordon, 23 Andrew Kellaway
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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