Auckland — Regarding the Springboks, it is amazing the difference a year has made. Allister Coetzee’s charges had to drag themselves to Christchurch in 2016 to face the All Blacks and the result was a 41-13 hammering. The All Blacks dished out a 57-15 hiding in Durban a few weeks later. Now, after a six-match winning streak, the Springboks have every reason to be confident ahead of Saturday’s Rugby Championship date against the Kiwis at the North Harbour Stadium in Albany. But the Boks have not won in New Zealand in eight years and any All Blacks side, even when shorn of their first-choice front row and with eight changes from the most recent encounter, are still a formidable entity.
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