No \u2013 Player \u2013 Province \u2013 Caps:<\/strong><\/p>\n
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- 15 \u2013 Pat Lambie \u2013 The Sharks \u2013 6<\/li>\n
- 14 \u2013 JP Pietersen \u2013 The Sharks \u2013 37<\/li>\n
- 13 \u2013 Jaque Fourie \u2013 DHL Western Province \u2013 63<\/li>\n
- 12 \u2013 Jean de Villiers \u2013 DHL Western Province \u2013 68<\/li>\n
- 11 \u2013 Bryan Habana \u2013 DHL Western Province \u2013 69<\/li>\n
- 10 \u2013 Morn\u00e9 Steyn \u2013 Vodacom Blue Bulls \u2013 28<\/li>\n
- 9 \u2013 Fourie du Preez \u2013 Suntory, Japan \u2013 56<\/li>\n
- 8 \u2013 Pierre Spies \u2013 Vodacom Blue Bulls \u2013 41<\/li>\n
- 7 \u2013 Willem Alberts \u2013 The Sharks \u2013 3<\/li>\n
- 6 \u2013 Heinrich Br\u00fcssow \u2013 Toyota Free State Cheetahs \u2013 14<\/li>\n
- 5 \u2013 Victor Matfield (captain) \u2013 Vodacom Blue Bulls \u2013 106<\/li>\n
- 4 \u2013 Bakkies Botha \u2013 Vodacom Blue Bulls \u2013 73<\/li>\n
- 3 \u2013 Jannie du Plessis \u2013 The Sharks \u2013 25<\/li>\n
- 2 \u2013 Bismarck du Plessis \u2013 The Sharks \u2013 37<\/li>\n
- 1 \u2013 Gurthr\u00f6 Steenkamp \u2013 Vodacom Blue Bulls \u2013 32<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Replacements:<\/strong><\/p>\n
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- 16 \u2013 John Smit \u2013 The Sharks \u2013 105<\/li>\n
- 17 \u2013 Tendai Mtawarira \u2013 The Sharks \u2013 27<\/li>\n
- 18 \u2013 CJ van der Linde \u2013 MTN Golden Lions \u2013 71<\/li>\n
- 19 \u2013 Danie Rossouw \u2013 Vodacom Blue Bulls \u2013 57<\/li>\n
- 20 \u2013 Ashley Johnson \u2013 Toyota Free State Cheetahs \u2013 2<\/li>\n
- 21 \u2013 Francois Hougaard \u2013 Vodacom Blue Bulls \u2013 9<\/li>\n
- 22 \u2013 Butch James \u2013 MTN Golden Lions \u2013 41<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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<\/a><\/p>\nWillem Alberts, Mornet Steyn, Bismarck Du Plessis, Gurthro Steenkamp and Patrick Lambie cracked the starting line-up nod from Springbok Coach Peter De Villers for the Springboks All Blacks Clash in Port Elizabeth. We Wonder What Bokkie will have to say about that?<\/p>\n
Records:<\/strong><\/p>\n
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- This is the first Castle Tri-Nations Test match in Port Elizabeth.<\/li>\n
- South Africa\u2019s record against New Zealand is: Played 82; Won 33; Lost 46; Drawn 3; Points for 1 268; Points against 1 554; Tries for 125; Tries against 161; Average score 15-19.<\/li>\n
- South Africa\u2019s Castle Tri-Nations record against New Zealand is: Played 35; Won 10; Lost 25; Points for 685; Points against 987; Tries for 62; Tries against 93. Average score 20-28.<\/li>\n
- South Africa\u2019s home record in the Castle Tri-Nations against New Zealand is: Played 17; Won 7; Lost 10; Points for 391; Points against 474; Tries for 36; Tries against 45. Average score 23-28.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Milestones:<\/strong><\/p>\n
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- Victor Matfield makes 111th appearance in the Springbok jersey to equal the record of Joost van der Westhuizen. Matfield extends the following records: Most capped Springbok and lock to 107 caps; most capped Springbok against New Zealand to 24 and also most capped Springbok in the Castle Tri-Nations to 43 appearances.<\/li>\n
- Jaque Fourie and Jean de Villiers extend their record for most Springbok appearances as a centre pairing in the starting line-up in tests to 24.<\/li>\n
- Victor Matfield and Bakkies Botha will extend their World Record for most appearances as a lock combination in the starting line-up to 62.<\/li>\n
- Bismarck and Jannie du Plessis will appear in their sixteenth test together as brothers, eight more Tests than Carel and Michael du Plessis between 1984 and 1989.<\/li>\n
- The following players will extend their Springbok records as follows: Bryan Habana \u2013 69th test as wing; Jean de Villiers \u2013 55th test as centre.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
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