Springboks great: The one-on-one battle ‘I’m licking my lips for’ and the ‘bit of a pattern developing’ that is worrying against France

Steven Kitshoff has singled out the individual duel he is most looking forward to when the Springboks take on France on Friday in round five of the Nations Championship.

Rassie Erasmus has already named his team that will run out at the Stade de France for a match against the side that South Africa eliminated in the quarter-finals of the 2023 Rugby World Cup.

Cobus Reinach was the starting No.9 for the Springboks on that seminal Sunday night in Paris three years ago, with Faf de Klerk providing cover from the bench. However, the recent emergence of Morne van den Berg