Kolisi, Etzebeth to miss South Africa v England? – LIVE UPDATES
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The Springboks and England clash in the first round of the new Nations Championship, at Ellis Park in Joburg at 5.40pm on Saturday.
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South frica have won four of the last five meetings between the teams at all venues, going back to the Boks’ 32-12 win in the final of the Rugby World Cup in Yokohama, Japan in November 2019.
England then won 27-26 at Twickenham in 2021, but in 2022 at the same venue the Boks won 27-13. In 2023 in Paris in the World Cup semi-finals the Boks won 16-15 and in 2024 at Twickenham the Boks again won 29-20.
Below will be the latest news from the match at Ellis Park.
Springboks v England – Live updates
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TEAMS
SA: Damian Willemse, Cheslin Kolbe, Jesse Kriel, Damian de Allende, Kurt-Lee Arendse, Manie Libbok, Grant Williams, Jasper Wiese, Pieter-Steph du Toit, Siya Kolisi (c), Ruan Nortje, Eben Etzebeth, Thomas du Toit, Malcolm Marx, Ox Nche. Bench: Jan-Hendrik Wessels, Gerhard Steenekamp, Zach Porthen, Marco van Staden, Cameron Hanekom, Cobus Reinach, Andre Esterhuizen, Canan Moodie
England: Marcus Smith; Immanuel Feyi-Waboso, Tommy Freeman, Seb Atkinson, Cadan Murley; Fin Smith, Jack van Poortvliet; Ben Earl, Tom Curry, Ollie Chessum; George Martin, Alex Coles; Joe Heyes, Jamie George (capt), Ellis Genge. Bench: Luke Cowan-Dickie, Beno Obano, Asher Opoku-Fordjour, Charlie Ewels, Guy Pepper, Henry Pollock, Alex Mitchell, Henry Slade