Bob Skinstad says the Springboks have a “target on their head” – but dodging bullets in this most difficult of years ahead of the World Cup is exactly the challenge they need.

South Africa have been champions of the world since the second day of November 2019. They maintained the momentum to retain the trophy in 2023 and have since won both editions of the Rugby Championship.

It is an astonishing period of dominance, spanning 2,435 days since Siya Kolisi’s team took apart England in Yokohama the year before the Covid pandemic.

With the same opponents facing the Green and Gold

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