Kolisi Starts, Moodie Back As Boks Make Seven Changes For All Blacks

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kolisi starts moodie back as boks make seven changes for all blacks

Wing Canan Moodie starting and scrumhalf Jaden Hendrikse on the bench will make their first appearances in the Springbok jersey since the 2023 Rugby World Cup in Saturday's Rugby Championship Test against the All Blacks at Cape Town Stadium.

Double World Cup winners Willie le Roux fullback and Lukhanyo Am utility back also return to the match-23.

Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus recalled the quartet to the side announcing a team on Thursday morning that shows seven changes, two of which are positional, to the starting XV that defeated the All Blacks 31-27 at Ellis Park on Saturday.

Scrumhalf Grant Williams earns his first start of the season in partnership with flyhalf Handr Pollard, who is promoted from the bench along with lock Eben Etzebeth, while Le Roux and Moodie come straight into the XV.

Springbok captain Siya Kolisi, who took a hard blow to the cheek in last weeks clash, made it through all the training sessions this week, and has been cleared to play. He will start in a powerful loose trio with No 8 Jasper Wiese and Pieter-Steph du Toit, who reverts from lock to flanker.