Springboks head coach Jacques Nienaber has also named Lood de Jager, Kwagga Smith, Franco Mostert, Jasper Wiese, Malcolm Marx, Makazole Mapimpi, Damian de Allende and Lukhanyo Am in the squad.

Meanwhile, Fullback Willie le Roux, Damian Willemse and the front row of Steven Kitshoff, Frans Malherbe (both props), and Bongi Mbonambi (hooker) will all start after participating in the season-opener against the Wallabies last weekend, which the Springboks won 43-12.

Upon announcing the squad Nienaber said they have planned to select a squad with a few key combinations of players who are fully acclimatised and settled in New Zealand, while also selecting some players who started last week, and they are pleased with the balance they we were able to strike with the squad.

The fact that we can give a few other players in the bigger squad a run this weekend is fantastic as we want to give as many players as possible game time with an eye on doing well in the Castle Lager Rugby Championship and further ahead in the Rugby World Cup," Nienaber said.

Looking forward to the clash against the All Blacks, Nienaber expected the Boks to face a thorough test all around.

We need to deliver a strong performance in all departments and our defence needs to be solid against them because this is an important match for both teams with each team only playing three games in the competition this season," Nienaber added.

While the two teams have faced each other 103 times before, the Springboks have won 

38 of those matches while losing 61 and drawing four.