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Tupou Vaa’i moves into the second row, where he’ll partner Fabian Holland.
NEW ZEALAND HAVE made three changes for Saturday’s second Test against South Africa in Cape Town. Concussions sustained in the 33-16 first Test victory for the All Blacks in Johannesburg last Saturday forced two changes among the forwards.
Loosehead prop Ethan de Groot and lock Josh Lord suffered head knocks when they collided trying to halt a charge by Springboks number eight Jasper Wiese. They are ruled out and replaced by prop George Bower, a replacement last weekend, and Tupou Vaa’i, who moves from the back row to lock. Advertisement Vaa’i is replaced in the back row by Simon Parker, who is promoted after coming off the bench at Ellis Park.
Josh Moorby, a try scorer in the first Test, drops to the bench and is replaced on the wing by Leroy Carter, another replacement used in the first match who is promoted. Prop Xavier Numia and lock Patrick Tuipulotu, who captained the All Blacks to two of their four victories against franchise sides, have been added to the bench. After Cape Town, the series continues in Johannesburg on 5 September and concludes in American city Baltimore seven days later.
New Zealand 15. Damian McKenzie 14. Will Jordan 13. Quinn Tupaea 12.
Jordie Barrett 11. Leroy Carter 10. Ruben Love 9. Cam Roigard 1.
George Bower 2. Codie Taylor 3. Tyrel Lomax 4. Fabian Holland 5.
Tupou Vaa’i 6. Simon Parker 7. Luke Jacobson 8. Ardie Savea Replacements: 16.
Asafo Aumua 17. Xavier Numia 18. Fletcher Newell 19. Patrick Tuipulotu 20.
Peter Lakai 21. Kyle Preston 22. Anton Lienert-Brown 23. Josh Moorby – © AFP 2026
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