GRAND SLAM COMPLICATION
The Springbok management have not yet decided about the resting of players on the year-end tour and are likely to discuss the issue within the next fortnight.

Springbok captain John Smit believes last weekend’s victory over Australia in Pretoria has given his team a platform to build on for this weekend’s follow-up Vodacom Tri-Nations clash at Vodacom Park in Bloemfontein.

“I shuddered when the Springboks announced that they are 100% behind Bees Roux.”

Wallaby No 8 Ben McCalman is not at all intimidated about the prospect of facing Pierre Spies in Saturday’s Tri-Nations Test in Bloemfontein.

The Springbok management aren’t concerned about the apparent slump in form of winger Bryan Habana during this year’s Vodacom Tri Nations tournament.

The Springboks’ problem in this year’s Tri-Nations is not so much down to fatigue or Irish referees as it is a case of simply missing Fourie du Preez.

Peter de Villiers believes that Bismarck will be much better served getting a full 80 minutes of rugby at the Sharks than 30 or 40 with the Boks this weekend.

Am I the only one that thought the test at Loftus over the weekend between the Springboks and Australia was actually pretty good?

The 19 contracted Springbok frontliners will be available for at least three Absa Currie Cup matches this year, in order to give them match practice before the end of the year tour.

South Africa will look to replicate the expansive game that saw them score five tries against Australia last week, when the Springboks and Wallabies go head-to-head in Bloemfontein on Saturday.

The Springbok team to face the Wallabies in the Nelson Mandela Challenge Shield decider in Bloemfontein shows two changes to the one that beat Australia in Pretoria last weekend.

With the Tri-Nations about to be wrapped up from a South African perspective shifted has already started to shift to the End of Year Tour.

Bryan Habana is probably going through the worst dip in form of his career but not everyone believes the Bok win should be discarded, at least not the Aussies.

Springbok coach Peter de Villiers had a simple statement for all those critical of the national team even though they had won this weekend: Either you’re for us or you’re against us.

THREE REJOIN SQUAD
The Springboks are sweating on the fitness of three players, as they start preparations for their final Tri-Nations match of the year.