Kolisi steers clear of sideshows ahead of battle with wounded Argentina

SPRINGBOK skipper Siya Kolisi has been around the block too many times to let his team be distracted by the prospect of making history at Twickenham today.

- MIKE GREENAWAY

SIYA Kolisi can become the first Springboks captain to win back-to-back Rugby Championship titles. | AFP

(AFP)

If the Boks beat Argentina in the final match of this year's Rugby Championship, they will secure the title for a second successive year - a feat never before achieved.

But Kolisi, a veteran of 97 Test matches for the Springboks, is steering the conversation away from milestones and focusing instead on the challenge of the feisty South Americans.

"It would be a big thing (winning the Championship), but first we have to play the Test match," he cautioned. "We know how tough that game in Durban actually was. We have to stay focused on the moment and what is in front of us.

"We can't control the result, but we can make sure we play as hard as possible. The magnitude of what is at stake doesn't change the way we approach the game or how we will play.