Scrumhalf Faf de Klerk says overseas experience could make all the difference for SA in this weekend’s sizzling World Cup clash with New Zealand, and brushed off concerns about his long hair.

After two weeks of training in high humidity and temperatures, the Springboks have been left ripped and ready, though De Klerk deflected the idea his blond, surfer-dude locks were a distraction in those conditions...

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