Boks want it bad against All Blacks, says Etzebeth
'They want to win it, we want to win it. Records don’t count for very much'
15 September 2017 - 08:12
All Blacks-Springboks clashes have special place in the history of test rugby but talk of traditions, past records and ground hoodoos means little when the players cross the whitewash, according to South Africa skipper Eben Etzebeth. A hardened lock very much in the mould of the generations of players who have occupied the Springboks second row, Etzebeth sees Saturday’s Rugby Championship test at North Harbour Stadium as just 46 blokes going hammer and tongs on a patch of grass.
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