A year ago, the Tests Down Under were played behind closed doors, while this time around the fans will be in attendance.

Adelaide has a large South African population and they met the Springboks at the airport in full voice last week Saturday.

The Springbok lock and former Cheetah, Lood de Jager, said it will be good to have supporters in the stands.

“We don’t underestimate Australia at all, and we haven’t in the past. As Frans said, we have an opportunity as a team to achieve something special that not many Springbok teams have done here, and we’ll do everything we can this week to get it right.”

“There are a lot of South Africans here in Adelaide, so there is good support for the team,” said De Jager.

“This is certainly very different to what we experienced last year with the Covid-19 pandemic and quarantine, so hopefully there will be a good crowd on the weekend.”

Saturday’s Test between the Wallabies and Springboks in Adelaide kicks off at 7:30am.

Australia - 15 Reece Hodge, 14 Tom Wright, 13 Len Ikitau, 12 Hunter Paisami, 11 Marika Koroibete, 10 Noah Lolesio, 9 Nic White, 8 Rob Valetini, 7 Fraser McReight, 6 Jed Holloway, 5 Matt Philip, 4 Rory Arnold, 3 Allan Alaalatoa, 2 Folau Fainga'a, 1 James Slipper (captain).

Replacements - 16 David Porecki, 17 Scott Sio, 18 Taniela Tupou, 19 Darcy Swain, 20 Rob Leota, 21 Pete Samu, 22 Tate McDermott, 23 Andrew Kellaway.

Springboks - 15 Damian Willemse, 14 Warrick Gelant, 13 Lukhanyo Am, 12 Damian de Allende, 11 Makazole Mapimpi, 10 Handré Pollard, 9 Faf de Klerk, 8 Duane Vermeulen, 7 Pieter-Steph du Toit, 6 Siya Kolisi (captain), 5 Lood de Jager, 4 Eben Etzebeth, 3 Frans Malherbe, 2 Joseph Dweba, 1 Ox Nché.

Replacements - 16 Malcolm Marx, 17 Steven Kisthoff, 18 Vincent Koch, 19 Franco Mostert, 20 Kwagga Smith, 21 Jaden Hendrikse, 22 Elton Jantjies, 23 Frans Steyn.

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