South Africa v New Zealand: rugby union third Test – live

Kick-off in Johannesburg 4.30pm local/3.30pm BST Slim margins in ‘Greatest Rivalry’ thriller | Mail Daniel 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. Continue reading...

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