11 CHANGES BY ALL BLACKS:

New Zealand coach Graham Henry has made 11 changes to the side that beat Australia for Saturday's Tri-Nations game against South Africa in Pretoria.
Only Luke McAlister, Dan Carter, Mils Muliaina and Richie McCaw survive from the starting XV that beat the Wallabies 34-27 in Auckland last week.

Sitiveni Sivivatu gets his first Test call-up this year on the left wing.

Leon MacDonald plays at full-back, with Rico Gear on the right wing, as the All Blacks seek a 15th consecutive win.

New Zealand also field a new-look front five as they aim for their first win in South Africa since 2003, when they thumped the Springboks 52-16 in Pretoria.

"We know every match against the Springboks will be tremendously hard and very physical and we've just come through a tough contest with Australia, so the changes are strategic," said Henry.

"We have not had much recovery time and had to travel for 18 hours off the back of a game and we'll be playing at high altitude."

Forwards coach Steve Hansen said they were braced for a big physical test, which was why they had changed the front five.

"We believe this pack is better suited to play against South Africa than the one that played against Australia," he said.

"This group is fresh and we wanted a fresh pack so we can mount a really good challenge on Saturday."

NEW ZEALAND TEAM TO FACE SOUTH AFRICA:

Macdonald; Gear, Muliaina, McAlister, Sivivatu, Carter, Weepu; Tialata, Oliver, Somerville; Rawlinson, Williams, Thorne, McCaw (capt), Masoe. Replacements: Mealamu, Woodcock, Jack, Collins, Cowan, Tuitupou, Toeava.

TRI NATIONS TABLE:

Team P PD PTS
1 New Zealand 4 49 17
2 Australia 5 20 11
3 South Africa 3 -69 1