Canan Moodie and Ethan Hooker at yesterday's Captain's run at Kings Park Stadium. The Springboks are treating the match as if they were playing New Zealand.
In the idyllic Durban winter surroundings of Umhlanga Rock, the Springboks and Welsh coaching teams enjoyed a proudly South African braai together on Thursday, but that is where the friendlessness will end.
This evening the teams do battle in a Nations Championship match at Kings Park, with the double World Champions determined to build on their perfect start to the new tournament, which pits the best of the northern hemisphere against their southern counterparts.
So far, the Boks have amassed 87 points and scored 13 tries in comfortably dismissing England and Scotland earlier this month.
The Boks want more against Wales, and then they have a friendly away to Argentina before the Big One - the Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry series against the All Blacks.
