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With last week’s defeat at the hands of the New Zealand All Black’s and the defeat by Australia in the last meeting between these two in the Tri Nations tournament the pressure really is starting to mount on the shoulders of new South African coach Peter De Villiers to get some good results for the reigning World Champions and bring a smile to the Springbok fans who are starting to worry about the future of their team especially after their first defeat on home soil without scoring a point in last week’s 19-0 defeat by the All Blacks.

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The game in Durban on Saturday is just as important for the wallabies to win as well because if they were to lose that would signal the end of their Tri Nations hopes with the All Blacks currently five points ahead although having played two games more than Australia.

South Africa at the minute are rooted to the bottom of the table having only accumulated 4 points from their four games and only having the win against the All Blacks 30-28 which was on New Zealand soil to show for all their hard efforts.

But as a game on Saturday I expect the Aussies to take control of the game pretty early on and to eventually have too much power for the Springboks winning the game by between 6 and 10 points, and with the two due to lock horns next week also in South Africa I think Australia will make sure that the game against New Zealand on September 13th on home soil is a winner takes all affair.

South Africa v New Zealand Tri Nation’s series

With the sporting world being glued to their TV sets watching all the events unfold in Beijing At the Olympics there has also been world class rugby union taking place in the round robin series between the big 3 Southern Hemisphere Rugby Union nations New Zealand All Blacks, Australia and the world champions South Africa.

Last week’s game between the Springboks and All Blacks was one the home side could not afford to lose if they were still to have a chance of finishing top of the Tri Nation’s table but it proved to be the first game in which they failed to score on home soil which in turn has turned the pressure cooker up on coach De Villiers future in the job which many already think he is not cut out to do.

Last week’s 19-0 victory for the All Blacks at Cape town will go down as one of the darkest days in South African Rugby Union history with a packed stadium all wanting to see their heroes put one over on the opposition but were left humiliated after Dan Carter and co showed their superiority all throughout the pitch to claim the points and barring a miracle the Tri Nations championship.

South Africa take on New Zealand on Saturday knowing a win will see them right back in the mix in the 2008 Tri Nations tournament.

The Springbok currently lie in last place having lost two of their three matches so far but will be hoping to make full use of their first game at home this season. To have taken five points already without playing on home soil is pretty good going by anybody’s standards and it’s put them in s strong position as they now finish the campaign with a trio of matches on their patch. They have already shown they can beat the All Blacks having turned them over 30-28 in a dramatic encounter in Dunedin back in week two.

In fact that has been the only away victory by any side in this year’s competition showing the importance of home field advantage.

In addition the signs point even further to a South Africa win as last year’s champions were awful in their only game on the road this campaign losing heavily to Australia.

Further on the side of the World Champions is the fact veteran fullback Percy Montgomery will earn his 100th Test cap on Saturday. He will become the first South African player to win the honour, which will have him and his team-mates all the more fired up.

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