Springbok captain Siya Kolisi has stopped well short of hanging the success or failure of their international season on what transpires on their end-of-year tour to the UK.
The Springboks kick off their tour in the Principality Stadium against Wales on Saturday hoping to still be buoyed by their win over the All Blacks at the back end of the Rugby Championship.
Wales certainly will. They are the Six Nations champions and have beaten the Boks on their last four visits to Cardiff. They also beat the Boks in Washington in Rassie Erasmus' first game in charge in 2018 but, significantly, they lost the one that mattered in the semifinal of the Rugby World Cup the year after.
Wales' recent record in the Principality Stadium against the Springboks has made them many pundits' favourites. Their virtues are also recognised in the Bok camp. Stick defended the team's selection, stressing that the best available team was assembled for the occasion. There is the school of thought Aphelele Fassi should have been given a crack, given Willie le Roux's absence from the match day 23.
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