Siya Kolisi will lead the Springboks into battle against the All Blacks in Wellington on Saturday, 13 September.
Kick-off is at 09:05 (SA time).
Despite playing in last Saturday’s match at Eden Park in Auckland, Kolisi wasn’t the skipper.
That honour fell to centre Jesse Kriel – for the third time.
However, Kriel wasn’t part of the 23-man squad named by coach Rassie Erasmus for this weekend’s clash at Sky Stadium in New Zealand’s capital.
Instead, Kolisi will lead the Springboks for the 64th occasion.
Former hooker John Smit still leads the way with 83 Tests as skipper of the Springboks.
Players to have captained the Springboks on 10 or more occasions
| Captain | Tests |
| John Smit | 83 |
| Siya Kolisi | 63 |
| Jean de Villiers | 37 |
| Gary Teichmann | 36 |
| Francois Pienaar | 29 |
| Victor Matfield | 23 |
| Dawie de Villiers | 22 |
| Corné Krige | 18 |
| André Vos | 16 |
| Morné du Plessis | 15 |
| Eben Etzebeth | 14 |
| Bobby Skinstad | 12 |
| Adriaan Strauss | 12 |
| Hannes Marais | 11 |
| Avril Malan | 10 |
| Joost van der Westhuizen | 10 |
Meanwhile, the Springboks will have a Georgian referee in charge of their second Rugby Championship Test against New Zealand in Wellington.
TEAMS
New Zealand
TBA
South Africa
15 Aphelele Fassi, 14 Cheslin Kolbe, 13 Canan Moodie, 12 Damian Willemse, 11 Ethan Hooker, 10 Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, 9 Cobus Reinach, 8 Jasper Wiese, 7 Pieter-Steph du Toit, 6 Siya Kolisi (captain), 5 Ruan Nortje, 4 Lood de Jager, 3 Thomas du Toit, 2 Malcolm Marx, 1 Ox Nche
Replacements: 16 Marnus van der Merwe, 17 Jan-Hendrik Wessels, 18 Wilco Louw, 19 RG Snyman, 20 Kwagga Smith, 21 Grant Williams, 22 Manie Libbok, 23 Andre Esterhuizen
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