I still have a good body and lungs to fight for the Springboks, says Kolisi

SPRINGBOK captain Siya Kolisi is expecting a “desperate” Wallabies team to fight to the last second of today’s Rugby Championship opener at Ellis Park.

- MIKE GREENAWAY

But the Springboks are equally fired up to perform after what Kolisi describes as indifferent form in their last four matches.

“We have a big game on Saturday. We know what Australia wants to do to us. We have been in their position before,” Kolisi said.

“We would be foolish if we did not understand how desperate they are, how much they want to beat us.”

By the same token, the captain stressed that the Boks are disappointed that they haven’t fired on all cylinders this year.

“We look at our last four games, and we are disappointed,” he said.

“We were supposed to have an extra week of holiday, but we felt that we had not hit the standards that we set, and so we trained instead.

“We know we have played far better than what we have so far delivered.

“The big thing for us is that we haven't been physical enough.