By the numbers | South Africa v Portugal

South Africa and Portugal will play each other for the first time ever in a test when they play each other on Saturday in Bloemfontein

Stats and Facts

This will mark the first Test between the Springboks and Portugal.
Manie Libbok requires 13 points in the match to hit the 100-point mark in Test rugby.
This will mark the first time this season that Rugby World Cup winners Lukhanyo Am, Cobus Reinach, Manie Libbok, Thomas du Toit and Trevor Nyakane will run out in the Bok jersey.
Salmaan Moerat becomes the 66^th Springbok captain.
Should Andre-Hugo Venter be sent on, he will follow in the footsteps of his father, Andre Venter, who played 66 Tests for South Africa between 1996 and 2001. They will become the 16^th father/son combination to play for the Boks.
The total Test caps for the Springbok starting line-up is 228.
There are 161 caps in the backline, with 67 caps among the forwards. On the bench there are a further 75 caps.
The average caps per player in the backline is 23, the forwards 8, while the players on the bench average 9

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