Having missed both losses against Australia in 2021, recalled veteran Frans Steyn is determined to help the Springboks end a losing run Down Under.
The Springboks can’t wait to lock horns with Australia after finally arriving in Adelaide on Saturday for the start of the world champions’ away leg of the Rugby Championship.
The history books will be against the Springboks in two Rugby Championship Tests in Australia, with the second to be played in Sydney where they have not beaten the Wallabies in nearly 30 years.
Over 34-million fans tuned into the inaugural Vodacom United Rugby Championship season as the league set a number of major broadcast records in its first campaign.
Jacques Nienaber is mindful of the Springboks’ woeful run of results in Australia, the world champions having not won an away Test against the Wallabies since 2013.
The Springboks will jet off to Australia for two Tests against the Wallabies without dynamic No 8 Evan Roos.
It’s roughly halfway through the Test season yet sensational Springbok centre Lukhanyo Am has already been hailed as World Rugby’s Player of the Year.
The embattled All Blacks rallied to end their slump by punishing the rattled Springboks with a well-deserved victory in Johannesburg on Saturday.
No 8 Duane Vermeulen returns to the starting XV for the Springboks with prop Frans Malherbe set to earn his 50th Test cap in the Rugby Championship clash with the All Blacks on Saturday.
Assistant coach Deon Davids has confirmed that fit-again Springbok No 8 Duane Vermeulen is in contention to face the All Blacks at Ellis Park on Saturday.