FRIDAY, 9.30AM:
SPRINGBOKS are planning to upset the All Blacks by winning their Tri-nations match on Saturday despite being written off as no-hopers. Springbok prop Craig Dowd said: “It’s up to us to eliminate the mistakes we made in Johannesburg and Melbourne, and we know we can do it.”
But Kiwi star Zinzan Brooke has respect for the Springboks. He said the local fans should not write them off. “We’ve always had phisical games with South Africa and it’s scary for me that so many people are writing them off. This could motivate them to perform way above their own levels,” he said.