MELBOURNE : South Africa's faith in its conservative game-plan will be put to the test on Saturday as Australia bid to upset the world champions for the second time in a week to keep their Rugby Championship hopes alive in Brisbane.
Coach Jacques Nienaber and his staff played down the Wallabies loss as an"off night" and believe improved discipline and skill execution should be enough to stave off back-to-back losses for the first time since 2018. While the All Blacks are like Kryptonite to the Wallabies, South Africa hold little fear, particularly at home.
Defending South Africa's powerful maul has been a focus during the week, after their opponents created all their tries from lineout drives."We think we've got a system that when we get it right we'll be able to nullify their maul." Coach Ian Foster has turned over the entire pack and installed Damian McKenzie as starting flyhalf to ease Beauden Barrett's workload.
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