The Springboks and Barbarians will lock horns for the ninth time in their history at the Cape Town Stadium on Saturday, 27 June.
Kick-off is at 17:10.
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Losing record
In what may be a surprise to many, the world champions Springboks ‘boast’ a losing record against the Barbarians.
In their eight encounters to date, the Springboks have won three times, drawn once and lost four matches, for a win percentage of just 38%.
South Africa have scored 150 points and conceded 154, while they have scored 23 to the 29 of the Barbarians.
Saturday’s match will be the first time the two sides will do battle on South African soil.
The most recent clash at Wembley Stadium in 2016 ended in a 31-31 stalemate.
The officials for the match all hail from South Africa.
The referee for the match will be AJ Jacobs. He will be assisted by Christopher Allison and Stephan Geldenhuys, while Egon Seconds is the TMO and Ben Crouse is in the bunker.
No Test caps will be awarded for the match.
TEAMS
South Africa
15 Aphelele Fassi, 14 Cheslin Kolbe, 13 Jesse Kriel, 12 Damian de Allende, 11 Kurt-Lee Arendse, 10 Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, 9 Morne van den Berg, 8 Jean-Luc du Preez, 7 Vincent Tshituka, 6 Siya Kolisi (captain), 5 Lood de Jager, 4 Jean Kleyn, 3 Asenathi Ntlabakanye, 2 Malcolm Marx, 1 Ox Nche
Substitutes: 16 Marnus van der Merwe, 17 Jan-Hendrik Wessels, 18 Neethling Fouche, 19 Franco Mostert, 20 Kwagga Smith, 21 Cobus Reinach, 22 Manie Libbok, 23 Andre Esterhuizen
Barbarians
TBA
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