All Blacks anticipate 'fired up' Springboks
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The All Blacks are braced for a Springboks backlash when they two sides clash in a decisive Rugby Championship Test in Wellington on Saturday.
South Africa are coming off a last minute 24-23 defeat to the Wallabies in Perth and also coming into this Test without a victory over the All Blacks in three years.
"The Springboks will be hungry.
They have been talking that they want to beat us because they haven't done so [for awhile]," All Blacks coach Steve Hansen said.
"We know what we're going to get, they'll be pretty fired up so we will prepare for that accordingly and be in the right shap…
South Africa are coming off a last minute 24-23 defeat to the Wallabies in Perth and also coming into this Test without a victory over the All Blacks in three years.
"The Springboks will be hungry.
They have been talking that they want to beat us because they haven't done so [for awhile]," All Blacks coach Steve Hansen said.
"We know what we're going to get, they'll be pretty fired up so we will prepare for that accordingly and be in the right shap…
