After an underwhelming 41-10 victory for Ireland over Japan in Dublin on Saturday, here’s our five takeaways from the Autumn Nations Series fixture at Aviva Stadium.
The Springboks are fast creating a side that might be termed Rassie 3.0 - more fluent, more ambitious and brutally fast as Japan will find out at Wembley.
Veteran back-row Michael Leitch will captain a Japan side with two changes to their starting XV in Saturday's clash with the Springboks at Wembley Stadium.
Springboks inside centre Damian de Allende has opened up about the prospect of facing some familiar faces in Saturday's clash against Japan at Wembley Stadium in London.
Nick Mallett has given his views on the tactics which he expects from the Springboks in their opening Autumn Nations Series Test against Japan at Wembley Stadium on Saturday.
