All Blacks head coach Scott Robertson has named his team to play Australia in the fifth round of the Rugby Championship and first Bledisloe Cup test at Accor Stadium, Sydney.
In-form All Blacks hooker Codie Taylor is thriving in the white-hot forward exchanges demanded in the Rugby Championship and is expecting more in the first Test against Australia in Sydney on Saturday.
Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus revealed that he had no intention of playing captain Siya Kolisi in Saturday's crunch Rugby Championship clash against Argentina.
Rising Springbok star Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu is set to go under the knife for knee surgery, sidelining him for several weeks.
Ahead of their crucial opening match against Argentina, Springbok forward Kwagga Smith has warned his teammates not to take the threat the South Americans pose lightly.
The Springboks arrived in Argentina late on Saturday night and began preparations for their Rugby Championship clash against Los Pumas at Estadio Unico Madre Ciudades in Santiago del Estero.