BLOEMFONTEIN, SOUTH AFRICA - JUNE 13: Steven Kitshoff during the South African national men's rugby team portrait session at Southern Sun on June 13, 2021 in Bloemfontein, South Africa. (Photo by Johan Pretorius/Gallo Images)


Stormers loosehead prop Steven Kitshoff is set to play his 50th match for the Springboks when they clash against the British and Irish Lions at the Cape Town Stadium on Saturday. 
The 29-year-old Kitshoff replaces Ox Nche, who is out with a neck niggle. Kitshoff is going to form a new combination with Frans Malherbe and Bongi Mbonambi. 
The British and Irish Lions are leading 1-0 in the three-Test series after beating the Boks 22-17 in Cape Town last Saturday. 

Boks squad: 
15 Willie le Roux, 14 Cheslin Kolbe, 13 Lukhanyo Am, 12 Damian de Allende, 11 Makazole Mapimpi, 10 Handre Pollard, 9 Faf de Klerk, 8 Jasper Wiese, 7 Pieter-Steph du Toit, 6 Siya Kolisi, 5 Franco Mostert, 4 Eben Etzebeth, 3 Frans Malherbe, 2 Bongi Mbonambi, 1 Steven Kitshoff

Substitutes
16 Malcolm Marx, 17 Trevor Nyakane, 18 Vincent Koch, 19 Lood de Jager, 20 Marco van Staden, 21 Kwagga Smith, 22 Herschel Jantjies, 23 Damian Willemse

British and Irish Lions: 
15 Stuart Hogg, 14 Anthony Watson, 13 Chris Harris, 12 Robbie Henshaw, 11 Duhan van der Merwe, 10 Dan Biggar, 9 Conor Murray, 8 Jack Conan, 7 Tom Curry, 6 Courtney Lawes, 5 Alun Wyn Jones, 4 Maro Itoje, 3 Tadhg Furlong, 2 Luke Cowan-Dickie, 1 Mako Vunipola

Substitutes: 
16 Ken Owens, 17 Rory Sutherland, 18 Kyle Sinckler, 19 Tadhg Beirne, 20 Taulupe Faletau, 21 Ali Price, 22 Owen Farrell, 23 Elliot Daly  

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