All Blacks boss Dave Rennie has made a few alterations for Test Three against the Springboks, with Peter Lakai getting a first start in Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry series.
Lakai has come off the bench in the previous two encounters, but he gets a chance at blindside flanker after Simon Parker was omitted from the 23.
Luke Jacobson continues at openside despite battling with flu in the build-up to the encounter, while Wallace Sititi is on the bench alongside, rather surprisingly, the dropped Fabian Holland, who has impressed in both Tests.
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