3 min: Just a penalty. The shot from the AB centre started around the ball and went up to SFM’s head. He dusts himself off and finds touch inside NZ’s 22.

Correction, it was Tupaea on SFM.

3 min: SA try to maul off the line-out but it doesn;t make much ground. De Allende is nailed and the Boks are pushed back to halfway so Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu (SFM) goes high. But too deep. McKenzie takes the mark and Kolbe then runs back his opposite number’s kick. There’s a high shot from Jordan on SFM. Maybe head on head. Could be trouble.

1 min: Kolbe fields the kick-off over his shoulder, he spins, boots with his weaker left foot and finds touch over halfway. What a player.

NZ win the line-out and fire it from the right touch all the way to Carter on the left but the ball is chucked out.

NZ had great success getting around the Boks rush defence in the past two games.

Anthems done.

A great rendition of Nkosi Sikelel’ iAfrika. But does every second person in the stands need to film themselves singing it? Am I just old? A hater? Just live in the moment guys!

Anyway, that was stirring. I wish I was there.

Oh, Rassie is wearing a tie again! Serious business, this.

Haka up next and then we’ll kick-off.

South Africa’s loose-forward trio of Siya Kolisi, Pieter-Steph du Toit and Jasper Wiese will start together for a record 18th time.

This is the second match being played today.

The women teams of both nations have completed their tussle.

The Black Ferns beat the Springbok Women 52-20 in the first women’s Test between the sides on South African soil.

The scoreline eventually reflected New Zealand’s class, but South Africa were competitive for long periods and trailed only 24-13 at half-time. It was another valuable test for a team still building, played in front of a major crowd and on a memorable day for women’s rugby.

Here’s Siys Kolisi on the significance of playing this match in Soweto:

So many things that happened in Soweto helped shape the South Africa we have today. So many heroes have come from there and a lot of the football history of this country is from Soweto, so we know how special that is. We’re ⁠not going to act like it’s not a special ground in a significant area. All of that gives us more to play for. We are also thankful for the people who came from there and fought for people like me to be sitting here today.

They fought for the freedom we have now and never got to experience it, and giving our best tomorrow is part of us saying thank you. Hopefully we can do that with a win and change the history between the two teams here.

South Africa have never beaten New Zealand at FNB Stadium. The All Blacks won there 29-22 in 2010 and 32-16 in 2012.

Just on the stadium. It’s truly magnificent. It might look like little more than a large bowl, but the place is electric.

I hope the New Zealand supporters visiting Soweto for the first time took it all in. I especially hope they sank a few cold Zamaleks in a Shabeen before and also chowed some shisanyama with their fingers.

If you know, you know.

The aerial battle remains central.

The Boks will keep testing New Zealand’s back three. Damian McKenzie, Will Jordan and Leroy Carter must either win those contests or give South Africa poor-field-position penalties and possession.

The Boks bossed the skies last week thanks alrgely to Ethan Hooker. But Damian Willemse’s absence will be felt I feel. Can the smaller Cheslin Kolbe at fullback replicate that dominance in the air?

How about some reading:

That flyover last week was close, wasn’t it? There’ll be no tomfoolery this time:

There’s a Jonah Lomu documentary that’s pretty good. Check it out:

Rassie Erasmus is either rugby union’s Lucifer or the sport’s saviour. Likely something between those two extremes. Either way, he’s hard to ignore.