Centre Jaque Fourie has urged his South Africa teammates to raise their game ahead of Saturday's clash against Australia in Pretoria.
Boks bid to end four-game losing streak
Centre Jaque Fourie has urged his South Africa teammates to raise their game ahead of Saturday's clash against Australia in Pretoria.
The world champions have lost their opening four Tri-Nations matches - including a defeat to the Wallabies in Brisbane last month.
"We probably have seven or eight players who can make a difference," Fourie said. "But it won't help if each one of us waits for someone else to do it.
"Those opportunities will present themselves if all of us do the right things.
"So we must capitalise and ensure we win."
The Stormers centre will be returning to the Springbok line-up after four weeks on the sidelines during which he was banned for a spear tackle on Australia's Richard Brown in Brisbane.
It forced him to miss last weekend's 29-22 loss to the All Blacks - a game in which his midfield partner for the game at Loftus Versfeld, Jean de Villiers, was given good support by Juan de Jongh.
De Villiers has already had his fair share of disciplinary problems in the Tri- Nations, his tackle on Rene Ranger in Wellington earlier in the competition earning him a two-week ban.
But Fourie is adamant that coach Peter de Villiers has not taken a risk by fielding the two in a midfield partnership.
No risk
He continued: "No, it's not a risk to run out with two centres that recently served suspensions for spear tackles. It won't happen again.
"We spoke about it and will also remind one another during the game to complete the tackles.
"We both made the mistake of wanting to go upwards with the opponent too quickly. It happens in the blink of an eye, but I don't think we will make the same mistakes again."
The pair will play togeher as centre pairing for a record 23rd time in the Green and Gold, Fourie in his 61st Test and De Villiers his 62nd.
He added: "It's great to have him back because we know one another so well.
"We hardly have to communicate because the one knows what the other is going to do.
"We have to do the basics well. Centres have to get over the advantage line and that will be our primary task."
