South Africa head coach Jacques Nienaber has named his matchday 23 to face New Zealand in the World Cup final at Stade de France on Saturday.

Half-backs Faf de Klerk and Handre Pollard start in the only two changes to the starting line-up that faced England in the semi-finals. They replace Cobus Reinach and Manie Libbok, who drop out of the 23 altogether as South Africa revert to the 7-1 split of forwards and backs among the replacements that they used in the Pool B match against Ireland on 23 September.


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