Rugby365 previews the Baltimore decider with a one-point Springbok win, but the analytical meat is in what each side needs to execute. Rennie has overhauled his loose trio to offset the Savea and Jacobson losses — Peter Lakai starts at 8, with Blackadder and Tupou Vaa'i flanking him — and Patrick Tuipulotu's inclusion is flagged as a potential set-piece counter to the Boks' dominant scrum and lineout. That set-piece is where Rennie himself says the series has been lost and won: All Blacks errors in phase play gifted the Boks scrum penalties that they converted into territory and points. Fix that, and the 12 linebreaks they created in Soweto become scoreboard pressure rather than wasted opportunity.
For the Boks, Willemse's return at fullback addresses the aerial vulnerability exposed by Kolbe's absence, while Ethan Hooker's contest in the air is identified as a tactical weapon. The selection of Morne van den Berg from the start — after his bench impact in Soweto — and Wiese's carrying ability are the key forward-momentum levers Erasmus is pulling. A drawn series would, in the piece's framing, feel like a Bok failure given they've led 2-1 heading into a dead-rubber-free finale.