{
  "id": 4855680,
  "title": "Springboks set to ring the changes for last All Blacks Test in the USA",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/09/01/springboks-set-to-ring-the-changes-for-last-all-blacks-test-in-the-usa",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-09-01T11:51:56.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "The Citizen",
    "slug": "the-citizen",
    "url": "https://www.citizen.co.za/sport/rugby/springboks-to-ring-changes-all-blacks-us/"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "The Springboks are preparing to make further changes for their upcoming Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry Test against the All Blacks in Baltimore, USA, regardless of how the third Test at the FNB Stadium in Soweto goes on Saturday. Throughout the first two Tests, the Boks have fielded 30 players, resulting in seven changes from the match-ups in their loss at Ellis Park and win at the Cape Town Stadium last weekend. Only one injury-induced substitution was made for the upcoming game, with Damian Willemse ruled out and Cheslin Kolbe moved to fullback. Kurt-Lee Arendse, who participated in the first Test, will return to the wing.\n\nCoach Rassie Erasmus mentioned that they have already used a significant number of players and anticipate further substitutions by the end of the series. \"In the first two games we’ve used 30 players, so it’s already a lot of guys that have chopped and changed. And I guess by the time we get to the last game, we would have used 36, and that’s almost our whole squad,\" Erasmus stated.\n\nDuring the fourth Test in Baltimore, the Boks will not bring their entire squad, instead planning to use six additional players who have not yet seen action in this series. Handré Pollard, who was initially named in the team for the second Test and later suffered a calf injury, will receive another opportunity. Canan Moodie, who has been dealing with a hamstring strain, and Willemse and Grant Williams, who are recovering from injuries, will also likely participate in the fourth Test.\n\nErasmus expressed that the Boks are excited about playing the final Test in the USA, an experience that will be new for many of the players. \"Playing the last match in Baltimore, one can see it as a negative. But I hear it is sold out already. It is a new experience for us. I know they (the All Blacks) have played there a few times, not at that specific stadium, but in the US against Ireland,\" Erasmus remarked. \"So we are looking forward to the fourth Test as well.\"",
  "summary": "Springbok coach Rassie Erasmus says they expect to have used 36 players by the end of the fourth Test against the All Blacks in the USA.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  },
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}