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Bok coach Heyneke Meyer has decided not to appeal young lock Eben Etzebeth's two week ban for a head butt on Nathan Sharpe during the 26-19 loss to Australia in Perth at the weekend.
Flip van der Merwe will now wear the number four jersey against the All Blacks in Dunedin on Saturday.
Bakkies Botha is expected to be called up as cover but is unlikely to play at the House of Pain.
Meanwhile:
The Nelson Mandela Bay South African Sevens Tournament has been moved to a weekend format at the Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium in Port Elizabeth due to popular demand.
The tournament, which is the third round in the HSBC Sevens World Series 2012 - 2013 will now take place on the weekend of Saturday and Sunday - the 8th and 9th of December.
In the past the tournament was always held on a Friday and Saturday.
SARU's Andy Marinos said the move to the weekend was taken after research among supporters.
