New Zealand coach Graham Henry has named an unchanged starting XV, from that which smashed Australia, for the Tri-Nations crunch match against South Africa in Cape Town on Saturday.

Isaia Toeava comes onto the replacement bench in the only change to the match-day 22.

"Playing the Springboks in South Africa might be the biggest challenge in world rugby at the moment," Henry said in announcing the side.

The Cape Town match is the penultimate Tri-Nations match for the All Blacks, with the final fixture against Australia in Brisbane in September.

New Zealand currently tops the Tri-Nations standings with 10 points from four games, followed by Australia (nine points from three games) and South Africa (five from three).

New Zealand: 15 Mils Muliaina, 14 Richard Kahui, 13 Conrad Smith, 12 Ma'a Nonu, 11 Sitiveni Sivivatu, 10 Dan Carter, 9 Jimmy Cowan, 8 Rodney So'oialo, 7 Richie McCaw (captain), 6 Jerome Kaino, 5 Ali Williams, 4 Brad Thorn, 3 Greg Somerville, 2 Andrew Hore, 1 Tony Woodcock.
Replacements: 16 Keven Mealamu, 17 John Afoa, 18 Anthony Boric, 19 Adam Thomson, 20 Piri Weepu, 21 Stephen Donald, 22 Isaia Toeava.

Date: Saturday, 16 August
Venue: Newlands, Cape Town
Kick-off: 3pm (1pm GMT)
Referee: Matt Goddard (Australia)
Touch judges: Wayne Barnes (England), James Leckie (Australia)
TMO: Geoff Warren (England)

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