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Rugby-South Africa v Australia

PRETORIA, Sept 29 (Reuters) - Factbox on Saturday's Rugby Championship test between South Africa and Australia: When: Oct. 1, 17:05 local (1505 GMT) Where: Loftus Versfeld (capacity 51,762) Referee: Wayne Barnes (England) Assistants: John Lacey (Ireland), George Clancy (Ireland) TMO: Jim Yuille (Scotland) SOUTH AFRICA World ranking: 4 Coach: Allister Coetzee Captain: Adriaan Strauss Team: 15-Pat Lambie, 14-Bryan Habana, 13-Jesse Kriel, 12-Juan de Jongh, 11-Francois Hougaard, 10-Morne Steyn, 9-Rudy Paige; 8-Warren Whiteley, 7-Oupa Mahoje, 6-Francois Louw, 5-Pieter-Steph du Toit, 4-Eben Etzebeth, 3-Vincent Koch, 2-Adriaan Strauss (captain), 1-Tendai Mtawarira. Replacements: 16-Bongi Mbonambi, 17-Steven Kitshoff, 18-Julian Redelinghuys, 19-Lood de Jager, 20-Willem Alberts, 21-Jaco Kriel, 22-Lionel Mapoe, 23-Willie le Roux. AUSTRALIA World ranking: 3 Coach: Michael Cheika Captain: Stephen Moore Team: 15-Israel Folau, 14-Dane Haylett-Petty, 13-Samu Kerevi, 12-Bernard Foley, 11-Reece Hodge, 10-Quade Cooper, 9-Will Genia, 8-Sean McMahon, 7-Michael Hooper, 6-Dean Mumm, 5-Rob Simmons, 4-Adam Coleman, 3-Sekope Kepu, 2-Stephen Moore (captain), 1-Scott Sio. Replacements (one to be ommitted): 16-James Hanson, 17-James Slipper, 18-Tom Robertson, 19-Kane Douglas, 20-Scott Fardy, 21-Lopeti Timani, 22-Nick Phipps, 23-Tevita Kuridrani, 24-Sefa Naivalu. OVERALL RECORD Played: 85 Australia wins: 36 South Africa wins: 48 Draws: 1 LAST FIVE MEETINGS 2016 Australia 23-17 South Africa (Perth) 2015 Australia 24-20 South Africa (Brisbane) 2014 South Africa 28-10 Australia (Cape Town) 2014 Australia 24-23 South Africa (Perth) 2013 South Africa 28-8 Australia (Cape Town) (Compiled by Mark Gleeson)