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Springboks Elrigh Louw and Johan Grobbelaar have joined the Vodacom Bulls squad for Saturday’s match against the All Blacks at Loftus Versfeld.

The pair were released to gain more playing time ahead of the Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry series.

They will play from the bench after returning from Argentina and completing one training session with the Bulls.

“It’s great to have them with us, and we’re looking forward to the challenge,” coach Johan Ackermann said.

Curwin Bosch starts at flyhalf

The Bulls have selected Curwin Bosch at flyhalf following his return from a two-year spell in France.

Bosch partners scrumhalf Embrose Papier, one of the Bulls’ leading performers during their Vodacom United Rugby Championship campaign.

Captain Marcell Coetzee leads the team from flank, while Springbok Willie le Roux starts at fullback.

Hanro Liebenberg returns to South Africa

Hanro Liebenberg starts at flank after returning to South Africa following his time with Leicester Tigers in the English Premiership.

Jeandre Rudolph starts at No 8, completing the loose trio alongside Liebenberg and Coetzee.

The Bulls have selected Ruan Vermaak and JF van Heerden in the second row.

Thaakir Abrahams starts on the wing

Former Sharks and Munster wing Thaakir Abrahams starts on the right wing.

Stravino Jacobs takes the left-wing position, while Harold Vorster and Stedman Gans form the midfield partnership.

Hakeem Kunene included among replacements

Hakeem Kunene was included in the initial match-day squad after impressing since joining the Bulls for the Currie Cup.

The initial replacements list also featured Jaundre Schoeman, Sti Sithole, Khuta Mchunu, Reinhardt Ludwig, Mpilo Gumede, Paul de Wet and Katlego Letebele.

Louw and Grobbelaar were subsequently added to the bench.

The supplied update did not confirm their jersey numbers or identify which players would make way in the revised match-day squad.

All Blacks lead the historic rivalry

The Bulls and All Blacks have met four times since 1949, with New Zealand winning three matches.

The Bulls’ only victory came in August 1976, when Northern Transvaal beat the tourists 29-27.

Saturday’s fixture takes place close to the 50th anniversary of that result.

Vodacom Bulls starting XV

1. Alu Tshakweni
2. Juann Else
3. Francois Klopper
4. Ruan Vermaak
5. JF van Heerden
6. Marcell Coetzee, captain
7. Hanro Liebenberg
8. Jeandre Rudolph
9. Embrose Papier
10. Curwin Bosch
11. Stravino Jacobs
12. Harold Vorster
13. Stedman Gans
14. Thaakir Abrahams
15. Willie le Roux

Initial replacements announced

16. Jaundre Schoeman
17. Sti Sithole
18. Khuta Mchunu
19. Reinhardt Ludwig
20. Mpilo Gumede
21. Paul de Wet
22. Katlego Letebele
23. Hakeem Kunene

Elrigh Louw and Johan Grobbelaar have since been drafted into the squad. The revised numbered replacements list was not supplied.

Bulls vs All Blacks match details

Fixture: Vodacom Bulls vs All Blacks

Date: Saturday, 15 August 2026

Venue: Loftus Versfeld

South African kick-off: 19:00 SAST

United Kingdom kick-off: 18:00 BST

New Zealand kick-off: 05:00 NZST on Sunday, 16 August 2026

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Former All Blacks flank Josh Kronfeld believes an obsession with big ball-carrying centres has changed the whole dynamic of the back row.

Kronfeld earned a reputation as one of the game’s finest ball-stealing openside flanks during his 54-Test career, but the role has evolved significantly since his playing days, with versatility increasingly valued over specialist skills.

That was highlighted when openside flank Du’Plessis Kirifi was a shock omission from Dave Rennie’s All Blacks squad for the Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry tour of South Africa, with the coach preferring loose forwards capable of moving across the back row.

Kronfeld believes the shift can be traced back to changes in attacking approach.

“Rugby as it should be is to have a really good understanding of the beauty of passing before contact,” he told Betway. “It’s a skillset that was quite dominant in All Blacks rugby, but not like it used to be.

“It’s just shifting before the contact, changing the line of attack, and then shifting it again. I feel that sort of rugby used to exist all the time in the 1990s.

“But when Jonah [Lomu] came along, we moved on to the next lot of centres and midfielders like Tana Umaga, Ma’a Nonu and Sonny Bill Williams, who were all big ball players. But it was about shifting the ball in contact, not before it.

“I think we’ve got almost obsessed with that whole idea of the midfield having a big running dynamic [outside] centre or second five [inside centre] which became the key point for starting that next phase.”

Kronfeld believes that evolution in the midfield has had a knock-on effect.

“That’s changed the whole dynamic of the back row and loose forward play,” he said.

“Loose forwards now are all about retention at the breakdown to the extent you don’t have a genuine openside, or a six [blindside] or eight.

“The specialist thing has gone out the door, especially in New Zealand.

“A six, seven and eight now tend to be all the same style of player.”

KRONFELD: Springboks on another level

Kronfeld pointed to Luke Jacobson as an example of the modern versatile loose forward, but admitted he was frustrated to see him start at openside flank against the Stormers in Cape Town.

“Luke Jacobson has been unbelievable, his stats are off the chart in terms of ruck clear-outs and at the breakdown. He could play anywhere in the back row.

“But he’s not your typical openside and I was almost tearing my hair out when he was at seven against the Stormers.

“For New Zealand to leave behind Du’Plessis Kirifi after an amazing season with the Hurricanes says everything.

“He is a specialist openside, and he didn’t really fit into what they were thinking.”

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En République Démocratique du Congo (RDC), la communauté banyamulenge continue de réclamer justice 22 ans après le massacre de Gatumba. Dans la nuit du 13 au 14 août 2004, 166 membres de la communauté ont été massacrés dans un camp de Gatumba, au Burundi. Les banyamulenge accusent les rebelles burundais du FNL d’Agathon Rwassa d’avoir commandité ce massacre. Jeudi 13 août, plusieurs centaines de membres de la communauté banyamulenge venus de tout le Sud-Kivu se sont rassemblés à Bukavu.