Cape Town - Brain and not brawn will be key for the Springboks if they are to beat the All Blacks at Ellis Park on Saturday, coach Heyneke Meyer says.
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Meyer told Beeld that even though he wants his team to display aggression, it is of utmost importance that they are clever and disciplined.
"We won't be able to beat the All Blacks by thinking we can bully them into submission. Gone are the days that Springbok teams can dominate throughout with their forwards and physically overpower teams. The other countries have caught up with us when it comes to physical power."
Meyer on Wednesday announced only one change to the team that beat Australia 28-10 at Newlands last weekend.
Bismarck du Plessis replaces Adriaan Strauss at hooker, while No 8 Duane Vermeulen will be given as much time as possible to recover from a rib cartilage injury. If he doesn’t recover in time to face New Zealand, Schalk Burger will start in the No 8 jersey with Warren Whiteley coming onto the bench.
Kick-off for Saturday's Rugby Championship clash at Ellis Park is scheduled to start at 17:05.
Teams:
South Africa:
15 Willie le Roux, 14 Cornal Hendricks, 13 Jan Serfontein, 12 Jean de Villiers (captain), 11 Bryan Habana, 10 Handre Pollard, 9 Francois Hougaard, 8 Duane Vermeulen, 7 Teboho Mohoje, 6 Marcell Coetzee, 5 Victor Matfield, 4 Eben Etzebeth, 3 Jannie du Plessis, 2 Bismarck du Plessis, 1 Tendai Mtawarira
Substitutes: 16 Adriaan Strauss, 17 Trevor Nyakane, 18 Marcel van der Merwe, 19 Bakkies Botha, 20 Schalk Burger, 21 Cobus Reinach, 22 Pat Lambie, 23 JP Pietersen
New Zealand:
15 Israel Dagg, 14 Ben Smith, 13 Conrad Smith, 12 Malakai Fekitoa, 11 Julian Savea, 10 Beauden Barrett, 9 Aaron Smith, 8 Kieran Reid, 7 Richie McCaw (captain), 6 Jerome Kaino, 5 Sam Whitelock, 4 Jeremy Thrush, 3 Owen Franks, 2 Keven Mealamu, 1 Joe Moody
Substitutes: 16 Dane Coles, 17 Ben Franks, 18 Charlie Faumuina, 19 Steven Luatua, 20 Liam Messam, 21 Tawera Kerr-Barlow, 22 Colin Slade, 23 Ryan Crotty
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Meyer told Beeld that even though he wants his team to display aggression, it is of utmost importance that they are clever and disciplined.
"We won't be able to beat the All Blacks by thinking we can bully them into submission. Gone are the days that Springbok teams can dominate throughout with their forwards and physically overpower teams. The other countries have caught up with us when it comes to physical power."
Meyer on Wednesday announced only one change to the team that beat Australia 28-10 at Newlands last weekend.
Bismarck du Plessis replaces Adriaan Strauss at hooker, while No 8 Duane Vermeulen will be given as much time as possible to recover from a rib cartilage injury. If he doesn’t recover in time to face New Zealand, Schalk Burger will start in the No 8 jersey with Warren Whiteley coming onto the bench.
Kick-off for Saturday's Rugby Championship clash at Ellis Park is scheduled to start at 17:05.
Teams:
South Africa:
15 Willie le Roux, 14 Cornal Hendricks, 13 Jan Serfontein, 12 Jean de Villiers (captain), 11 Bryan Habana, 10 Handre Pollard, 9 Francois Hougaard, 8 Duane Vermeulen, 7 Teboho Mohoje, 6 Marcell Coetzee, 5 Victor Matfield, 4 Eben Etzebeth, 3 Jannie du Plessis, 2 Bismarck du Plessis, 1 Tendai Mtawarira
Substitutes: 16 Adriaan Strauss, 17 Trevor Nyakane, 18 Marcel van der Merwe, 19 Bakkies Botha, 20 Schalk Burger, 21 Cobus Reinach, 22 Pat Lambie, 23 JP Pietersen
New Zealand:
15 Israel Dagg, 14 Ben Smith, 13 Conrad Smith, 12 Malakai Fekitoa, 11 Julian Savea, 10 Beauden Barrett, 9 Aaron Smith, 8 Kieran Reid, 7 Richie McCaw (captain), 6 Jerome Kaino, 5 Sam Whitelock, 4 Jeremy Thrush, 3 Owen Franks, 2 Keven Mealamu, 1 Joe Moody
Substitutes: 16 Dane Coles, 17 Ben Franks, 18 Charlie Faumuina, 19 Steven Luatua, 20 Liam Messam, 21 Tawera Kerr-Barlow, 22 Colin Slade, 23 Ryan Crotty