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Rugby-South Africa v New Zealand

Oct 6 (Reuters) - Factbox on Saturday's Rugby Championship test between South Africa and New Zealand. When: Oct 8, 5.05 PM local time (1505 GMT) Where: King's Park Rugby Stadium (capacity 52,000) Referee: Jerome Garces (France) Assistants: John Lacey (Ireland), George Clancy (Ireland) TMO: Jim Yuille (Scotland) SOUTH AFRICA World ranking: 3 Coach: Allister Coetzee Captain: Adriaan Strauss Team: 15-Pat Lambie, 14-Francois Hougaard, 13-Juan de Jongh, 12-Damian de Allende, 11-Bryan Habana, 10-Morne Steyn, 9-Faf de Klerk; 8-Warren Whiteley, 7-Oupa Mahoje, 6-Francois Louw, 5-Pieter-Steph du Toit, 4-Eben Etzebeth, 3-Vincent Koch, 2-Adriaan Strauss (captain), 1-Tendai Mtawarira. Replacements: 16-Bongi Mbonambi, 17-Steven Kitshoff, 18-Julian Redelinghuys, 19-Lood de Jager, 20-Willem Alberts, 21-Jaco Kriel, 22-Lionel Mapoe, 23-Willie le Roux. NEW ZEALAND World ranking: 1 Coach: Steve Hansen Captain: Kieran Read Team: 15-Ben Smith, 14-Israel Dagg, 13-Anton Lienert-Brown, 12-Ryan Crotty, 11-Waisake Naholo, 10-Beauden Barrett, 9-TJ Perenara, 8-Kieran Read (captain), 7-Matt Todd, 6-Jerome Kaino, 5-Sam Whitelock, 4-Brodie Retallick, 3-Owen Franks, 2-Dane Coles, 1-Joe Moody. Replacements: 16-Codie Taylor, 17-Wyatt Crockett, 18-Charlie Faumuina, 19-Liam Squire, 20-Ardie Savea, 21-Tawera Kerr-Barlow, 22-Lima Sopoaga, 23-George Moala OVERALL RECORD Played: 92 New Zealand wins: 54 South Africa wins: 35 Draws: 3 IN DURBAN 2009 South Africa 31-19 New Zealand 2007 New Zealand 26-21 South Africa 2002 New Zealand 30-23 South Africa 1998 South Africa 24-23 New Zealand 1996 New Zealand 23-19 South Africa 1976 South Africa 16-7 New Zealand 1949 South Africa 9-3 New Zealand 1928 South Africa 17-0 New Zealand LAST FIVE MEETINGS 2016 New Zealand 41-13 South Africa (Christchurch) 2015* New Zealand 20-18 South Africa (London) 2015 New Zealand 27-20 South Africa (Johannesburg) 2014 South Africa 27-25 New Zealand (Johannesburg) 2014 New Zealand 14-10 South Africa (Wellington) * indicates Rugby World Cup match (Compiled by Mark Gleeson, editing by Toby Davis)