Overview
- The Springboks beat the All Blacks 29-24 on Saturday at FNB Stadium to move 2-1 up in the four-Test Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry series.
- South Africa’s dominance at the scrum and rolling maul produced a penalty try before half-time and a second-half maul try by Malcolm Marx that proved decisive.
- Cheslin Kolbe suffered a broken jaw in the Johannesburg Test and did not travel with the squad to the United States while several other players were withheld from the trip for injury or rotation.
- Both teams boarded the same charter to Baltimore after the match and South Africa’s coach Rassie Erasmus is due to name his team on Monday evening ahead of the M&T Bank Stadium decider on 12 September.
- The outcome in Baltimore will decide the trophy: a Springbok win will clinch the series while a New Zealand victory will level it, and the result will shape World Cup planning and selection decisions for both sides.