South Africa v NZ: Teams

Underfire South Africa coach Peter de Villiers insists his side are determined to reward their supporters with a victory over the All Blacks in Soweto.

The world champions have endured a miserable Tri-Nations campaign, having lost 32-12 in Auckland and 31-17 in Wellington to the table-topping New Zealanders.

And having also lost to Australia in this season competition, the pressure has been cranked up on de Villiers.

However the Springboks coach believes his side can turn things around and end the All Blacks' 13-match winning run.

"We owe our supporters a big one," said de Villiers.

"Problems have been identified and small adjustments made. We got caught up in two styles of play. When Bulls and Sharks dominated the team they had a similar style. Now Bulls and Stormers dominate and things are not the same.

"Perhaps it was taken for granted that everyone was on the same page and we did not find or have the necessary time to make sure. We have solved that problem."

De Villiers has made seven changes for the clash, with Francois Hougaard, Flip van der Merwe, JP Pietersen, Juan de Jongh, Juan Smith, Jannie du Plessis and Gio Aplon called into the starting XV.

Fast

The All Blacks go into the game needing just a point to clinch the Tri-Nations title - however assistant coach Steve Hansen is expecting the home side to attack at pace.

"Their revamped back-line indicates they're probably going to move the ball a bit more," said Hansen. "

We know Hougaard is fast and all the players they've brought into their back-line are runners.

"So we're expecting plenty of running, but plenty of aerial kicking too because we are still playing on the Highveld after all."

The All Blacks have made two changes for the clash, with Jimmy Cowan and Ben Franks set to start.

Cowan replaces Piri Weepu at scrum-half while Franks is named ahead of his brother Owen at prop.

South Africa: 15 Gio Aplon, 14 JP Pietersen, 13 Juan de Jongh, 12 Jean de Villiers, 11 Bryan Habana, 10 Morne Steyn, 9 Francois Hougaard, 8 Pierre Spies, 7 Juan Smith, 6 Schalk Burger, 5 Victor Matfield, 5 Flip van der Merwe, 3 Jannie du Plessis, 2 John Smit (c), 1 Gurthro Steenkamp.
Replacements: 16 Chiliboy Ralepelle, 17 CJ van der Linde, 18 Danie Rossouw, 19 Francois Louw, 20 Ricky Januarie, 21 Butch James, 22 Wynand Olivier.

New Zealand: 15 Mils Muliaina, 14 Cory Jane, 13 Conrad Smith, 12 Ma'a Nonu, 11 Josevata Rokocoko, 10 Daniel Carter, 9 Jimmy Cowan, 8 Kieran Read, 7 Richie McCaw (c), 6 Jerome Kaino, 5 Tom Donnelly, 4 Brad Thorn, 3 Ben Franks, 2 Keven Mealamu, 1 Tony Woodcock.
Replacements: 16 Corey Flynn, 17 John Afoa, 18 Samuel Whitelock, 19 Victor Vito, 20 Piri Weepu, 21 Aaron Cruden, 22 Israel Dagg.