Saturday's Springbok Women vs Black Ferns match at FNB Stadium is the first time the sides have met on South African soil — a historic occasion made more turbulent by Swys de Bruin's shock mid-week resignation, leaving Laurian Johannes-Haupt and Franzel September to take charge. The piece runs through the team announcements, key personnel changes from the World Cup quarterfinal (where the Boks led 10-all at half-time before conceding 36 unanswered points), and flags the players who could swing the game. Babalwa Latsha's leadership and scrummaging, the Lochner-Ubisi lock combination, Aseza Hele at No. 8, and Alichia Arries' pace on the wing are identified as South Africa's key weapons. For New Zealand, KZN-born centre Amy du Plessis returns from injury with obvious added motivation, teenage fullback Braxton Sorensen-McGee brings a dangerous counter-attacking dimension, and No. 8 Liana Mikaele-Tu'u will contest the physical battle the Boks will want to dominate. Rugby365 tips the Black Ferns by 12, pointing to New Zealand's world ranking and depth — but acknowledges the FNB atmosphere as a genuine variable.