Overview

• New Zealand confirmed Timoci Tavatavanawai is out for the rest of the Rugby Championship with a fractured radius requiring surgery, with Patrick Tuipulotu, Cam Roigard and Noah Hotham also sidelined and Cortez Ratima under assessment.
• Leicester Fainga’anuku has been drafted into the squad, while lock Sam Darry and halfback Xavier Roe join as training and injury cover; Anton Lienert-Brown and Tyrel Lomax have returned to fitness.
• Scott Robertson brought veteran coach Wayne Smith into camp to add experience ahead of the Springboks fixture at Eden Park.
• Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus will name his team on Thursday, citing uncertainty over New Zealand’s selection and describing it as a nervous week.
• Discipline and aerial contest are focal points after five All Blacks yellow cards across two Tests and Robertson’s expectation that South Africa will target them with the high ball.