Australia will seek a second successive win against South Africa in their Rugby Championship clash at the Cape Town Stadium on Saturday.
Kick-off is at 17:10.
The Wallabies are coming off a remarkable come-from-behind 38-22 win over the Springboks at Ellis Park in Johannesburg last weekend.
Australia picked up a full-house of five log points, while the Springboks left Gauteng empty-handed.
Bookmakers remain convinced that the loss won’t affect the Springboks’ performance this weekend and have installed Rassie Erasmus’s men as 13.5-handicap favourites.
The Springboks confirmed a late change to their starting line-up on Friday morning when Willie le Roux pulled out with an injury. He will be replaced by Aphelele Fassi.
The latest weather forecast suggests there could be some rain the air come kick-off.
Prediction
South Africa to win by nine points
TEAMS
South Africa
15 Aphelele Fassi, 14 Canan Moodie, 13 Jesse Kriel, 12 Damian de Allende, 11 Cheslin Kolbe, 10 Handre Pollard, 9 Grant Williams, 8 Jean-Luc du Preez, 7 Franco Mostert, 6 Marco van Staden, 5 Ruan Nortje, 4 RG Snyman,3 Thomas du Toit, 2 Malcolm Marx, 1 Ox Nche
Replacements: 16 Marnus van der Merwe, 17 Boan Venter, 18 Wilco Louw, 19 Eben Etzebeth, 20 Lood de Jager, 21 Kwagga Smith, 22 Cobus Reinach, 23 Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu
Australia
15 Tom Wright, 14 Max Jorgensen, 13 Joseph-Akuso Suaalii, 12 Len Iketau, 11 Corey Toole, 10 James O’Connor, 9 Nic White, 8 Rob Valetini, 7 Fraser McReight, 6 Tom Hooper, 5 Will Skelton, 4 Nick Frost, 3 Taniela Tupou, 2 Billy Pollard, 1 Tom Robertson
Replacements: 16 Brandon Paenga-Amosa, 17 Angus Bell, 18 Zane Nonggorr, 19 Jeremy Williams, 20 Nick Champion de Crespigny, 21 Tate McDermott, 22 Tane Edmed, 23 Andrew Kellaway
Date: Saturday, 23 August
Venue: Cape Town Stadium
Kick-off: 17:00
Referee: James Doleman (New Zealand)
Assistant referees: Ben O’Keeffe (New Zealand), Gianluca Gnecchi (Italy)
TMO: Richard Kelly (Australia)
Will Australia make it two wins from two matches or will the Springboks bounce back?
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