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Your support makes all the difference.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.
49 mins: Tu Toit is tackled in midfield and Robshaw gets over the ball, with Gelant entering from the side to concede the penalty. Farrell will go for goal to re-take the lead.
50 mins: It's good! England immediately regain the lead, while Willie le Roux is on to replace Nkosi with Gelant moving to the wing. 10-12.
53 mins: Kitschoff absolutely nails Brown as he catches a high De Klerk kick, but Gelant ignores Jackson's calls of offside and the referee duly awards England a penalty. It's a long one, from all of 45m, so long-ranger Daly steps up to go for goal.
54 mins: Daly just pushes the ball past the uprights. Mark Wilson comes on for Tom Curry in the back-row.
55 mins: Cipriani is pinged for a forward pass to Robshaw and England concede possession. A correction on the replacement, Wilson is on for Hughes, meaning that Robshaw moves to No 8.
56 mins: Wilson charges down Jantjies inside his own 22 and England have a chance here as they regain possession. They go down the blindside with Daly and Farrell and De Klerk is caught offside, so when the ball is dropped Jackson comes back for the penalty. Daly has taken a knock too, so he'll need a bit of treatment. Farrell goes for goal.
58 mins: Farrell lands the kick and England lead 10-15. Handre Pollard and Jean-Luc du Preez are on, meaning an end to Jantjies' difficult afternoon, while RG Snyman also departs.
61 mins: A bit of confusion as South Africa are offside through De Klerk when Brits touches a loose ball - only for Jackson to award the penalty to South Africa by mistake. He quickly rectifies the decision.
62 mins: Farrell slots back into the pocket and goes for a fairly long-range drop-goal from all of 45m, but it's short and wide and allows Pollard to boot to touch close to halfway.
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