Springboks skipper Siya Kolisi on Thursday was passed fit to take his place at flank in the starting team to face the All Blacks , in their Rugby Championship clash in Cape Town on Saturday.
Kolisi, who took a heavy blow to the cheek in last weeks clash, made it through all the training sessions this week, and has been cleared to play, which will see him start in a powerful loose trio with Jasper Wiese (No 8) and Pieter-Steph du Toit, who reverts from lock to flanker.
Meanwhile Canan Moodie (wing) and Jaden Hendrikse (scrumhalf) make their first appearances in the Springbok jersey since the 2023 Rugby World Cup (RWC), while double RWC winners Willie le Roux (fullback) and Lukhanyo Am (utility back) also return to the match-23.
Springboks coach Rassie Erasmus recalled the quartet to the side, which shows seven changes, two of which are positional, to the starting XV which defeated the All Blacks, 31-27, at Ellis Park in Johannesburg over the weekend.
Grant Williams startsGrant Williams (scrumhalf) earns his first start of the season in partnership with Handre Pollard (flyhalf) who is promoted from the bench along with Eben Etzebeth (lock), while Le Roux and Moodie come straight into the XV.
