All the stats, facts and numbers for the third Test against the British & Irish Lions at Cape Town Stadium on Saturday.

– Handre Pollard needs six points to reach 500 Test points and two successful penalty kicks to strike 100 penalty goals.

– The Springboks need two tries to reach 100 tries and one conversion to reach 50 conversions against the British & Irish Lions in this, the 49th Test between the sides since 1891.

– Damian de Allende will become the third Springbok in the Lions series to reach the career milestone of 50 Test caps in Saturday’s decider in Cape Town.

– Morne Steyn is back in a Bok match-day 23 for the first time since 2016.

– South Africa’s Steyn and the Lions’ Alun Wyn Jones are the only two survivors from the respective squads that featured in the Lions series in 2009.

– The total Test caps for the Springbok starting lineup is 782.

– There are 228 caps in the backline with 414 caps among the forwards. On the bench there are a further 140.

– The average caps per player in the backline are 32, the forwards 51 while the players on the bench average 17.

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