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South Africa head coach Rassie Erasmus has made one change to his matchday \u200c23 for the third Test of the series against New Zealand in Johannesburg on Saturday, live on Sky Sports. <p>The change comes due to Damien Willemse being sidelined through injury. That means Cheslin Kolbe \u200cmoves from winger to fullback and Kurt-Lee Arendse comes into \u200bthe squad to take the place of Kolbe on the edge.</p><ul><li><a href="https://www.skysports.com/rugby-union/news/12321/13571891/new-zealand-vs-south-africa-live-on-sky-sports-the-history-of-rugbys-greatest-rivalry-ahead-of-four-test-series"><strong>Rugby's Greatest Rivalry? History of All Blacks vs Springboks</strong></a></li><li><strong><a href="https://www.skysports.com/rugby-union/news/12321/13569639/new-zealands-tour-of-south-africa-to-be-shown-live-on-sky-sports-as-part-of-new-five-year-sanzaar-deal">New Zealand's tour of South Africa live on Sky Sports</a></strong></li><li><strong>Not got Sky? <a href="https://www.sky.com/tv/sports?dcmp=Ilc_skysports_nc_articlelink" target="_blank">Get Sky Sports</a> or <a href="https://www.nowtv.com/watch-sky-sports-online?DCMP=ilc_skysports_nc_articlelink" target="_blank">stream with no contract</a></strong></li></ul><p>Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu will once again start at fly-half with Manie Libbok on the bench. Handre Pollard continues to be ruled out due to a calf problem.</p><widget id="1"></widget><p>Captain Siya Kolisi starts the third Test after his return from a hamstring issue and makes up the back row with Pieter-Steph du Toit and Jasper Wiese.</p><p>Meanwhile,<strong> </strong>Eben Etzebeth will make his 145th appearance for the Springboks at lock, extending his record as the most capped South Africa player ever.</p><p>The front row is then make up of hooker Malcolm Marx and props Ox \u2060Nche and Wilco Louw.<strong> </strong></p> <widget id="2"></widget><p>"It was \u200balways our plan to have a little more continuity \u200bin player combinations for this series and we thought that the \u200bplayers who did the job for us last week really showed composure \u2060and did well to stick to the plan and what we wanted to achieve last week," said Erasmus.</p><p>South Africa roared back into Rugby's Greatest Rivalry as returning captain Kolisi marked his comeback with a try in a thrilling 33-26 victory over New Zealand in Cape Town, levelling the four-Test series at 1-1.</p><h3><strong>South Africa XV:</strong></h3><p>15-Cheslin Kolbe, 14-Kurt-Lee Arendse, 13-Jesse Kriel, 12-Damian de \u2060Allende, 11-Ethan Hooker, 10-Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, 9-Cobus Reinach, \u200b8-Jasper Wiese, 7-Pieter-Steph du Toit, 6-Siya Kolisi (captain), 5-Ruan Nortje, 4-Eben Etzebeth, 3-Wilco \u200bLouw, 2-Malcolm Marx, 1-Ox Nche</p><p><strong>Replacements:</strong> 16-Deon Fourie, 17-Gerhard Steenekamp, 18-Thomas du Toit, 19-Lood de Jager, 20-Andre Esterhuizen, 21-Cameron Hanekom, \u200c22-Morne van den Berg, 23-Manie \u200bLibbok</p><h3>South Africa vs New Zealand Test series schedule</h3><p><em>All games live on Sky Sports; kick-off times UK and Ireland</em></p><ul><li><strong>First Test (Ellis Park)</strong> - <a href="https://www.skysports.com/rugby-union/news/12321/13575921/south-africa-vs-new-zealand-all-blacks-emerge-worthy-winners-as-they-outscore-springboks-in-first-test-upset">South Africa 16-33 New Zealand</a></li><li><strong>Second Test (Cape Town Stadium)</strong> - South Africa 33-26 New Zealand</li><li><strong>Third Test (Saturday September 5)</strong> - FNB Stadium, Johannesburg (4.10pm)</li><li><strong>Fourth Test (Saturday September 12)</strong> - M&T Bank Stadium, Baltimore, USA (10pm)</li></ul><p><strong>Watch every minute of New Zealand's tour of South Africa, exclusively live on Sky Sports. </strong><a href="http://www.nowtv.com/membership/watch-sky-sports?DCMP=ilc_skysports_nc_articlelink" target="_blank"><strong>Stream rugby and more sport contract-free with NOW</strong></a></p>
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