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The Springboks convincingly beat the All Blacks 26-10 in Mbombela last Saturday, and back-to-back wins against New Zealand would see the Boks climb back to ...

Read More Read More Read More All Blacks will be more desperate than ever.— Jon Cardinelli (@jon_cardinelli) Boks are favourites to beat the All Blacks at Ellis Park – but I reckon it will be closer than most expect. Years and years of hurt and hand-wringing.

Everything you need to know ahead of the Test match in Johannesburg.

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South Africa take on the Springboks again this weekend in round two of The Rugby Championship. Last week's match was eventful to say the least.

When you look at the championship, we’ve dropped the first one." Jaden Hendrikse comes in for Faf de Klerk at nine after he sustained a concussion in the last match. "But it's not only the coaches. After Beauden Barrett's dangerous collision with Arendse, he drops down to the bench, with Richie Mo'unga taking the reigns at fly-half. You can also stream the match with a NOW TV subscription, which starts at £11.99 for a day pass. Kurt Lee Arendse was red carded for a clumsy challenge, dangerously taking out Beauden Barrett in the air.

Springbok assistant coach Mzwandile Stick explained the reasons they went with Jesse Kriel at right wing against the All Blacks at Ellis Park on Saturday.

"But because we know Jesse has done the job there before – if you remember, even at the last end-of-year tour, Jesse played wing the whole time – he will bring his experience and knowledge of our system and what we want to do. With Cheslin Kolbe also out with a facial injury, Kriel and Warrick Gelant were both considered as replacements for the second Rugby Championship matchup at Ellis Park. The Springboks have cashed in all their chips on Jesse Kriel at right wing, believing he has the goods to quell New Zealander Caleb Clarke come kick-off on Saturday.

The Springboks convincingly beat the All Blacks 26-10 in Mbombela last Saturday, and back-to-back wins against New Zealand would see the Boks climb back to ...

Boks are favourites to beat the All Blacks at Ellis Park but I reckon it will be closer than most expect. All Blacks will be more desperate than ever.Jon Cardinelli (@jon_cardinelli) Years and years of hurt and hand-wringing.

Live update of the second test between the All Blacks and the Springboks at Ellis Park Stadium in South Africa on Sunday, 14 August (kickoff at 3.05am): ...

"But I'm also at the point where the outside noise doesn't matter to me," Mo'unga added. Foster and his players have been trying to shut out the noise of a disgruntled New Zealand public and a scathing media since a historic home series loss to Ireland last month. That combination produced South Africa's biggest win over New Zealand in nearly 100 years last weekend. "The noise, 60,000 (people), the altitude. 2021: All Blacks 29-31 Springboks It might even be the end of the road for flanker Sam Cane as captain.

The All Blacks have silenced some of their critics with a 35-23 win over the Springboks at Ellis Park in Johannesburg on Saturday.

“We were a lot better at the breakdown and dealt with the contestables better. We had to get a few parts of our game right as this is one of the toughest places in the world to come and play. – cynical play, tackling a player without the ball) Congratulations to them.” “Proud is an understatement,” Cane said. “There’s no doubt it’s been a pretty stressful time.

In total, the visitors ran in four tries to 2, a statistic that will worry the Springbok coaching team who put a lot of emphasis on their defensive ...

In total, the visitors ran in four tries two, a statistic that will worry the Springbok coaching team who put a lot of emphasis on their defensive structures, which were breached far too easily. Man of the match, Rieko Loane, was full of running all night and was key in attack. In total, the visitors ran in four tries to 2, a statistic that will worry the Springbok coaching team who put a lot of emphasis on their defensive structures, which were breached far too easily.

The All Blacks snapped a three-Test losing streak, stunning the Springboks at a packed and expectant Ellis Park.

Both sides now had a sighter but no mark on the board. This time, referee Luke Pearce and his officiating cohorts couldn't find fault. Thanks to that first scrum, the All Blacks grew confident in their pack and even asked for a scrum with a 5m penalty from the Bok try line. The first five minutes were packed with mini-battles that set a tone for what was to follow: New Zealand won a short-arm penalty in the first scrum before Sam Whitelock picked Joseph Dweba's first throw-in. However, the Boks have themselves to blame for the Rugby Championship reverse after making a myriad of first-half mistakes that allowed the All Blacks to gain in belief. Lukhanyo Am's heroics, playing in an unfamiliar role at right wing, weren't enough to extricate the Springboks out of a fire of their own making in their 35-23 defeat to the All Blacks at Ellis Park on Saturday.

The All Blacks rocked up to the home of South African rugby, and turned the form book.

Right on half time the All Blacks conceded their only full scrum penalty. By now the All Blacks had a roll on. Havili created the first of many first half breaks with a chip to put Ardie Savea into space. All Blacks hooker Samisoni Taukei'aho and blindside Shannon Frizell produced consistently powerful carries to launch the visitors on the front foot. The All Blacks lineout, led by Sam Whitelock, was also vital while Mo'unga's maiden start at first five-eighth sparked the attack. Defensively the All Blacks were superb, too.

The two great teams meet again today at the Joburg venue, in round two of the Rugby Championship. Since the turn of the century the Springboks and ...

Against the All Blacks the Boks were however on course to sneak a win as they held a tight 20-17 lead going into the last 10 minutes of the match. In the match a top first half from the Boks saw them lead 21-13 at the break thanks to two tries from Handre Pollard and one to Francois Hougaard, with Pollard slotting all three conversions. After the opening four rounds it was the All Blacks and Australia jostling for top spot, with the Boks bottom of the table having been edged 23-21 in Christchurch and 30-26 in Perth.

At Ellis Park, Johannesburg: All Blacks 35 (Sam Cane try 27min, Samisoni Taukei'aho try 33min, David Havili try 74min, Scott Barrett 79min; Richie Mo'unga 3 ...

A beautiful mind crunching all the player stats. If quality local sport journalism is important to you, become a Stuff supporter today. You need journalists close enough to smell the liniment. But it was the five-pointer secured by midfielder Havili in the 74th minute that proved crucial. Now it remains to see what lies in wait for Foster. The late try to Havili. It set the All Blacks up for the upset win.

Two tries in the final 10 minutes has seen the All Blacks break their losing streak, with victory over the Springboks at Ellis Park. New Zealand looked to ...

The All Blacks stunned the world champion Springboks to secure a famous win at Ellis Park in Johannesburg on Saturday evening.

With 28 minutes to go Beauden Barrett was yellow-carded for a late tackle and Pollard kicked the Boks into the lead for the first time in the game, only for David Havili to secure the winning score. The half ended on a fine note for the Boks when Pollard nailed a 55m penalty to make it 15-10, and that was an escape of note given that they barely fired a shot in the first half. Indeed, the early pressure came from the All Blacks in every facet of the game — the first scrum saw them earn a penalty for an early hit; the Boks then lost the first lineout of the game and then Damian Willemse was yellow-carded for a professional foul in scrambling a tackle on Ardie Savea just metres from the South African line.

The All Blacks outscored a limping Boks team by four tries to two as they avenged their first-round defeat to South Africa in Mbombela a week ago. New Zealand ...