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England Rugby's Eddie Jones on preparation for the third Test

Danny Cipriani will make his first England start in a decade as they look to avoid what would be a humiliating 3-0 whitewash series defeat against South Africa.

Having lost the first Test in Johannesburg and the second last week in Bloemfontein, England face one last chance to secure a victory against the Springboks at Cape Town’s Newlands Stadium in what has been a compelling Test series. Head coach Eddie Jones has elected to make a significant change at fly-half as Cipriani replaces George Ford – who doesn’t even make the replacements’ bench – while Joe Marler replaces Mako Vunipola and Nathan Hughes in for Billy Vunipola as the brothers have returned to the UK. The final change is illness-enforced as Brad Shields is replaced by Chris Robshaw.

South Africa have also made changes – five in total – as Chiliboy Ralepelle, Elton Jantjies, Andre Esterhuizen, Jesse Kriel, and Warrick Gelant all start, while Schalk Brits comes out of retirement for one last game as he is named on the bench.

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What time does it start?

South Africa vs England kicks off at 16:05 BST on Saturday 23 June.

Where can I watch it?

The third Test will be shown live on Sky Sports Action and Sky Sports Main Event from 15:00 BST, and is available here.

Teams

South Africa: Warrick Gelant; S'busiso Nkosi, Jessie Kriel, Andre Esterhuizen, Aphiwe Dyantyi; Elton Jantjies, Faf de Klerk; Tendai Mtawarira, Chiliboy Ralepelle, Frans Malherbe; RG Snyman, Franco Mostert; Siya Kolisi, Pieter-Steph du Toit, Duane Vermeulen.

Replacements: Schalk Brits, Steven Kitshoff, Thomas du Toit, Jean-Luc du Plessis, Sikhumbuzo Notshe, Embrose Papier, Handre Pollard, Willie le Roux.

England: Elliot Daly; Jonny May, Henry Slade, Owen Farrell, Mike Brown; Danny Cipriani, Ben Youngs; Joe Marler, Jamie George, Kyle Sinckler; Joe Launchbury, Maro Itoje; Chris Robshaw, Tom Curry, Nathan Hughes.

Replacements: Luke Cowan-Dickie, Alec Hepburn, Harry Williams, Jonny Hill, Mark Wilson, Sam Simmonds, Ben Spencer, Denny Solomona.

Key Points

• South Africa vs England kicks off at 16:05 BST
• Springboks have already wrapped up the series
• Danny Cipriani makes first England start in 10 years
• South Africa make five changes to staring XV; England make four changes

[23 June 2018 15:17 · Jack de Menezes]

Good afternoon and welcome to The Independent's live coverage of today's third Test between South Africa and England, brought to you from Newlands in Cape Town.

[23 June 2018 15:44 · Jack de Menezes]

With kick-off a little over 20 minutes away, England are just going through their final preparations with the returning Danny Cipriani practicing his goalkicking alongside Owen Farrell and Elliot Daly.

The return of the Gloucester-bound fly-half is the talk of the town this week as it is surely his final chance to stake a claim for a place in the 2019 Rugby World Cup side. But as he said himself this week, he has no intention of letting this opportunity slip through his fingers.

[23 June 2018 15:48 · Jack de Menezes]

Cipriani's return to the international fold is not only exciting for fans of the fly-half, as his former teammate Nathan Hughes admitted this week that he's looking forward to seeing what he can do at Newlands this afternoon.

Here's what he had to say:

[23 June 2018 15:55 · Jack de Menezes]

With 10 minutes until kick-off, here's how the teams line up today:

South Africa: Warrick Gelant; S'busiso Nkosi, Jessie Kriel, Andre Esterhuizen, Aphiwe Dyantyi; Elton Jantjies, Faf de Klerk; Tendai Mtawarira, Chiliboy Ralepelle, Frans Malherbe; RG Snyman, Franco Mostert; Siya Kolisi, Pieter-Steph du Toit, Duane Vermeulen.

Replacements: Schalk Brits, Steven Kitshoff, Thomas du Toit, Jean-Luc du Plessis, Sikhumbuzo Notshe, Embrose Papier, Handre Pollard, Willie le Roux.

England: Elliot Daly; Jonny May, Henry Slade, Owen Farrell, Mike Brown; Danny Cipriani, Ben Youngs; Joe Marler, Jamie George, Kyle Sinckler; Joe Launchbury, Maro Itoje; Chris Robshaw, Tom Curry, Nathan Hughes.

Replacements: Luke Cowan-Dickie, Alec Hepburn, Harry Williams, Jonny Hill, Mark Wilson, Sam Simmonds, Ben Spencer, Denny Solomona.

[23 June 2018 15:57 · Jack de Menezes]

Of course, there's not Vunipola brothers for England today as Mako returned home for the birth of his first child, while Billy has suffered yet another injury by refracturing his arm last week. There's no Brad Shields either, as the flanker misses out through illness so Chris Robshaw is recalled, while George Ford is left out in favour of Danny Cipriani.

[23 June 2018 16:00 · Jack de Menezes]

England run out to a fairly muted reception, with a largely partisan crowd hugely in favour of the Springboks. They've made a big song and dance about their introductions before the previous two Tests, and that'll be no different today as the African warriors run out ahead of their arrival - only to slip over on the drenched pitch!

[23 June 2018 16:01 · Jack de Menezes]

It's a bit of a calamity this time around as they repeatedly slip over - but that's a big sign of what to expect today. The rain has been pelting it down all day, and while it's only just eased off, it's a slow track that will almost certainly limit the running rugby that this series has seen.

Time for the anthems.

[23 June 2018 16:05 · Jack de Menezes]

That's the anthems out of the way, the pitch cleared and the last of the pyrotechnics fired. It's time for kick-off - here we go for the last time this season!

[23 June 2018 16:06 · Jack de Menezes]

1 mins: KICK-OFF! SOUTH AFRICA GET THE GAME UNDERWAY!

[23 June 2018 16:08 · Jack de Menezes]

1 mins: May and Marler run the ball up before Youngs kicks away. Jantjies responds with his own and Daly can't take it, and the Springboks win back possession. There's a lot of water splashing up whenever players are tackled, and I'm afraid it looks like there's going to be an awful lot of high kicks today.