The Boks win the series 3-1 after wins in Cape Town, FNB Stadium, and in Baltimore, while the All Blacks won the opener at Ellis Park.
Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu will be a key man in the fourth Test in Baltimore. Picture: Floris van Schouwenburg/Gallo Images
The Springboks beat the All Blacks 43-28 in the fourth Test of Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry series in Baltimore on Saturday to seal a 3-1 series win.
The Boks lost the first Test at Ellis Park, but bounced back with three wins, in Cape Town, at the FNB Stadium and now in Baltimore.
The Boks delivered a strong performance in all areas on Saturday to end the first proper tour between the two nations for some time. Besides the first Test win, the All Blacks also beat the four SA United Rugby Championship sides.
There were several quality performances from the Bok players, among them scrumhalf Morne van den Berg, Kurt-Lee Arendse, Damian Willemse, Damian de Allende, Jasper Wiese, Siya Kolisi and Malcolm Marx.
The All Blacks were missing several players who were out injured, among them regular captain Ardie Savea.
The Boks scored six tries to four after leading 17-14 at the break.
This is The Citizen‘s coverage of the match in Baltimore. Live updates to appear below the teams.
SPRINGBOKS – 15 Damian Willemse, 14 Kurt-Lee Arendse, 13 Jesse Kriel, 12 Damian de Allende, 11 Ethan Hooker, 10 Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, 9 Morné van den Berg, 8 Jasper Wiese, 7 Pieter-Steph du Toit, 6 Siya Kolisi (c), 5 Ruan Nortjé, 4 Eben Etzebeth, 3 Wilco Louw, 2 Malcolm Marx, 1 Ox Nché. Bench: 16 Deon Fourie, 17 Gerhard Steenekamp, 18 Thomas du Toit, 19 Lood de Jager, 20 André Esterhuizen, 21 Cameron Hanekom, 22 Cobus Reinach, 23 Manie Libbok.
ALL BLACKS – 15 Damian McKenzie, 14 Will Jordan, 13 Anton Lienert-Brown, 12 Jordie Barrett, 11 Josh Moorby, 10 Richie Mo’unga, 9 Cam Roigard, 8 Peter Lakai, 7 Ethan Blackadder, 6 Tupou Vaa’i, 5 Sam Darry, 4 Patrick Tuipulotu, 3 Fletcher Newell, 2 Codie Taylor (c), 1 Ethan de Groot. Bench: 16 Asafo Aumua, 17 Xavier Numia, 18 Tyrel Lomax, 19 Josh Lord, 20 Wallace Sititi, 21 Kyle Preston, 22 Rieko Ioane, 23 Beauden Barrett.
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