All Blacks v Springboks – 9am, Sunday
Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry Tour heads to Baltimore as the All Blacks look to
level the series and come home with half the trophy.
In a much-changed team from the third test, Richie Mo’unga will pull on the No 10 jersey while Codie Taylor assumes the captaincy in Ardie Savea’s absence.
In the forward pack, de Groot, Taylor, Newell, Tuipulotu and Blackadder come in for Bower, Aumua, Lomax, Holland, Jacobson and Savea, with Vaa’i and Lakai taking on positional changes.
The Springboks have tinkered slightly with their starting XV as Damian Willemse replaces Cheslin Kolbe at fullback and Morne van den Berg begins at halfback in place of Cobus Reinach.
The All Blacks will hope to stop South Africa from winning three in a row over them, which last happened in 2024.
The Springboks have had the better of the All Blacks since 2021, winning nine of the 13 fixtures played since then but having the test in the United States could prove to be a positive omen for New Zealand, winning four of the five tests they’ve played in the country.
All Blacks v Springboks history
Played – 113
All Blacks won – 64
Springboks won – 45
Draws – 4
All Blacks points scored – 2379
Springboks points scored – 1925
All Blacks v Springboks past five meetings
2026 – All Blacks 24 Springboks 29, Soweto
2026 – All Blacks 26 Springboks 33, Cape Town
2026 – All Blacks 33 Springboks 16, Johannesburg
2025 – All Blacks 10 Springboks 43, Wellington
2025 – All Blacks 24 Springboks 17, Auckland
All Blacks v Springboks line-ups
All Blacks: 1. Ethan de Groot, 2. Codie Taylor (c), 3. Fletcher Newell, 4. Patrick Tuipulotu, 5. Sam Darry, 6. Tupou Vaa’i, 7. Ethan Blackadder, 8. Peter Lakai, 9. Cam Roigard, 10. Richie Mo’unga, 11. Josh Moorby, 12. Jordie Barrett, 13. Anton Lienert-Brown, 14. Will Jordan, 15. Damian McKenzie
Reserves: 16. Asafo Aumua, 17. Xavier Numia, 18. Tyrel Lomax, 19. Josh Lord, 20. Wallace Sititi, 21. Kyle Preston, 22. Rieko Ioane, 23. Beauden Barrett
Springboks: 1. Ox Nche, 2. Malcolm Marx, 3. Wilco Louw, 4. Eben Etzebeth, 5. Ruan Nortje, 6. Siya Kolisi (c), 7. Pieter-Steph du Toit, 8. Jasper Wiese, 9. Morne van den Berg, 10. Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, 11. Ethan Hooker, 12. Damian de Allende, 13. Jesse Kriel, 14. Kurt-Lee Arendse, 15. Damian Willemse.
Reserves: 16. Deon Fourie, 17. Gerhard Steenekamp, 18. Thomas du Toit, 19. Lood de Jager, 20. Andre Esterhuizen, 21. Cameron Hanekom, 22. Cobus Reinach, 23. Manie Libbok.
Form guide (past five matches)
All Blacks:
Springboks:
Beat Argentina 17-10
Beat Wales 43-0
All Blacks v Springboks referee
England’s Karl Dickson takes centre stage for the tour’s final game after he refereed its opener, with the All Blacks coming out on top against the Stormers in that one but receiving three yellow cards in the contest. All Blacks fans will be glad to know that the only time Dickson has refereed an All Blacks test against the Springboks before this resulted in a 24-17 victory for New Zealand at Eden Park.
All Blacks v Springboks TAB odds
All Blacks $2.45, Springboks $1.52
All Blacks 1-12 $3.70
All Blacks 13+ $6.00
Draw $21
Springboks 1-12 $2.70
Springboks +13 $3.20
All Blacks v Springboks – how to follow the action
For live commentary of the All Blacks’ test match against the Springboks, join Elliott Smith on Newstalk ZB and iHeartRadio.
The Alternative Commentary Collective will also be commentating on their iHeartRadio stream.
You can watch the game on Sky Sport 1 and it will be livestreaming on Sky Sport Now.
You can also find live updates at nzherald.co.nz.
Listen to Elliott Smith’s live commentary on Newstalk ZB Sport and iHeartRadio, or join the Alternative Commentary Collective on iHeartRadio and Radio Hauraki.