The All Blacks named a full-strength team for the Test in London which will be the 105th between the old foe.

The Boks themselves pick a very strong team and which could be close to what will be fielded against Scotland in Marseille next month in their opening game of the Rugby World Cup.

The last these two teams met at Twickenham was in the 2015 Rugby World Cup semi-finals with the All Blacks edging the Boks 20-18.

The Springbok captain, Siya Kolisi, said they are geared for what will be a physical Test.

“The fact that the All Blacks selected a full-strength side for the match shows their intent,” said Kolisi.

“This is not a friendly - in fact, we’ve never had a friendly against them. It’s going to a big physical battle, and we are excited about it.

“It’s also our last match before the Rugby World Cup, so we want to make the most of the occasion. Hopefully it will be an ugly, tough game, but beautiful at the same time.”

Friday night’s big Test in London kicks off at 20:30.

Springboks - 15 Damian Willemse, 14 Kurt-Lee Arendse, 13 Canan Moodie, 12 Andre Esterhuizen, 11 Makazole Mapimpi, 10 Manie Libbok, 9 Faf de Klerk, 8 Duane Vermeulen, 7 Pieter-Steph du Toit, 6 Siya Kolisi (captain), 5 Franco Mostert, 4 Eben Etzebeth, 3 Frans Malherbe, 2 Malcolm Marx, 1 Steven Kitshoff
Replacements - 16 Bongi Mbonambi, 17 Ox Nche, 18 Trevor Nyakane, 19 Jean Kleyn, 20 RG Snyman, 21 Marco van Staden, 22 Cobus Reinach, 23 Willie le Roux

All Blacks -  15 Beauden Barrett, 14 Will Jordan, 13 Rieko Ioane, 12 Jordie Barrett, 11 Mark Telea, 10 Richie Mo'unga, 9 Aaron Smith, 8 Ardie Savea, 7 Sam Cane (captain), 6 Luke Jacobson, 5 Scott Barrett, 4 Sam Whitelock, 3 Tyrel Lomax, 2 Dane Coles, 1 Ethan de Groot
Replacements - 16 Samisoni Taukei'aho, 17 Tamaiti Williams, 18 Fletcher Newell, 19 Josh Lord, 20 Tupou Va'ai, 21 Dalton Papali'i, 22 Cam Roigard, 23 Anton Lienert-Brown

Morgan Piek OFM Sport