Francois Hougaard is planning to follow the advice of his Springbok mentor and stick to his natural game against the All Blacks.
In-demand fly-half Quade Cooper left with the Wallabies for South Africa on Friday with his playing future still unresolved.
South Africa coach Peter de Villiers says his team owe Bok fans a long overdue victory when they host New Zealand at FNB Stadium on Saturday.
Springbok captain John Smit will run on in his 100th Test on Saturday, but said his first priority was to lead South Africa to a win.
Polish the silverware and call on the engraver, Johannesburg should be the venue where the All Blacks put the seal on Tri-Nations 2010.
Fixture | Details |
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All times are local | |
Tri-Nations | |
Saturday , August 21 | |
South Africa vs New Zealand | |
Saturday , August 28 | |
South Africa vs Australia | 17:00 |
Saturday , September 4 | |
South Africa vs Australia | 17:00 |
Saturday , September 11 | |
Australia vs New Zealand | 20:00 |
More Tri-Nations fixtures |
Fixture | Details |
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All times are local | |
Tri-Nations | |
Saturday , August 7 | |
New Zealand 20 - 10 Australia | |
Saturday , July 31 | |
Australia 28 - 49 New Zealand | |
Saturday , July 24 | |
Australia 30 - 13 South Africa | |
Saturday , July 17 | |
New Zealand 31 - 17 South Africa | |
Saturday , July 10 | |
New Zealand 32 - 12 South Africa | |
More Tri-Nations results |
Pos | Team | P | Pts |
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1 | New Zealand | 4 | 19 |
2 | Australia | 3 | 4 |
3 | South Africa | 3 | 0 |
Have you missed it? Tri-Nations rugby is back on centre stage on Saturday and that means a great deal of thinking for our resident Tipster.
On the week he signed a three-year contract with Beziers, we thought it was a good idea to collate 25 pictures of the career of 37-year-old former New Zealand fly-half Andrew Mehrtens.
We look back at 20 of the best images from New Zealand's 20-10 win over the Wallabies in Christchurch.
We take you behind the scenes as the All Blacks and Wallabies prepare for their rematch in Christchurch.
Sharks forward John Smit will run out for his 100th match for the Boks on Saturday so we thought it was time to take another trip down memory lane.
Tri-Nations photo galleries homeFriday will herald the opening of the Women's World Cup with the challengers now ready and hungry to make it to the final on September 5.
With the Top 14 kicking off this Friday, we take a club-by-club look at who's hot and who's not in the race for the Bouclier de Brennus.
This week we will mostly be concerning ourselves with persecution complexes and warm feelings...