The All Blacks will be looking to complete a clean sweep of wins over the SA club teams on Tuesday night, while also aimingto pick up what would be a fifth successive victory in Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry tour after also defeating the Springboks on Saturday.
There is a ray of hope for the Lions as they have been able to select a solid side, while the All Blacks have of course spared all of their first-choice players for this Saturday’s second Test in Cape Town.
“We can make history,” Lions defence coach and Springbok legend Jaque Fourie said. “But we also have to be true to ourselves, to implement what we’ve been doing.
“We should also have fun while doing it. We have to be in the contest for 80 minutes; I think that’s the biggest thing.”
KEEP TRACK OF THE LIVE SCORING BETWEEN THE LIONS AND ALL BLACKS BELOW
HOW THE TEAMS WILL LINE UP
Lions
15 Quan Horn, 14 Kelly Mpeku, 13 Henco van Wyk, 12 Richard Kriel, 11 Erich Cronjé, 10 Chris Smith, 9 Nico Steyn, 8 Francke Horn (captain), 7 Batho Hlekani, 6 Siba Mahashe, 5 Ruan Delport, 4 Etienne Oosthuizen, 3 Sebastian Lombard, 2 PJ Botha, 1 SJ Kotze.
Replacements: 16 Morné Brandon, 17 Boan Venter, 18 RF Schoeman, 19 Hyron Andrews, 20 Sikhumbuzo Notshe, 21 JC Pretorius, 22 Haashim Pead, 23 Boeta Chamberlain
New Zealand
15 Beauden Barrett, 14 Fehi Fineanganofo, 13 Rieko Ioane, 12 Timoci Tavatavanawai, 11 Emoni Narawa, 10 Richie Mo’unga, 9 Noah Hotham, 8 Semisi Ta’eiloa, 7 Ethan Blackadder, 6 Wallace Sititi, 5 Patrick Tuipulotu (captain), 4 Sam Darry, 3 Pasilio Tosi, 2 Samisoni Taukei’aho, 1 Siale Lauaki
Replacements: 16 Bradley Slater, 17 Xavier Numia, 18 Saula Ma’u, 19 Jamie Hannah, 20 Peter Lakai, 21 Kyle Preston, 22 Josh Jacomb, 23 Anton Lienert-Brown
MATCH FACTS
Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry fixtures and results
