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Africa-Press<\/a> – South-Africa<\/a>. <\/strong><\/span>CAPE TOWN – THE Springboks’ first Test match as world champions is just seven days away.<\/p>\n

Having last played in the 2019 Rugby World Cup final against England, it has been a long road for the South Africans to reach this point.<\/p>\n

And while most of the focus has been on the upcoming British & Irish Lions tour, the Boks have been hard at work during their training camp in Bloemfontein to get ready for Friday’s first Test against Georgia at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria (7pm kick-off).<\/p>\n

ALSO READ: WATCH: Lions selection a really emotional day for Duhan van der Merwe and the family<\/p>\n

Coach Jacques Nienaber has said that he will select his strongest possible team to take on the \u2018Lelos’, and that should mean Bongi Mbonambi will be wearing the No 2 jersey.<\/p>\n

Mbonambi forced his way into the starting line-up for the big World Cup games, from Italy onwards, through sheer weight of performance after Malcolm Marx was preferred in the defeat to the All Blacks in Yokohama.<\/p>\n

But the 30-year-old admits that it has been a difficult time since due to the Covid-19 pandemic, which has kept the Boks off the field.<\/p>\n

ALSO READ: Springbok camp \u2018can\u2019t say at this stage\u2019 if injured trio will be fit for Georgia Tests<\/p>\n

That is why they will need to be at their sharpest against Georgia instead of thinking about the Lions already.<\/p>\n

\u201cBefore we head into the Lions series, we definitely have to focus on Georgia. From the clips that we’ve seen as forwards, they do have a quality scrumming pack. They scrum very low, and I think we definitely have to (make adjustments) on our side,\u201d Mbonambi said from Bloemfontein.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe have been working hard these past two weeks by putting everything into place to make sure everything is aligned and on the same page.<\/p>\n

ALSO READ: \u2019For me personally, there is no fear\u2019 – Malcolm Marx says the Springboks will be ready for Lions tour<\/p>\n

\u201cIn terms of playing international rugby again, we as South Africans enjoy the physicality side of it.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut we know there is a massive difference between playing local games and going into a Test week. From the looks of it, there is a great feeling, and the boys are ready and looking forward to stepping it up a bit more.\u201d<\/p>\n

While the overseas-based players have faced clubs who have multiple internationals from different countries in their teams, the SA-based Boks have been tackling each other in the Super Rugby Unlocked, Currie Cup and Rainbow Cup SA.<\/p>\n

ALSO READ: Cheslin Kolbe unlikely to be available for Georgia Test, says Boks boss Jacques Nienaber<\/p>\n

The standard of rugby left much to be desired in the first two tournaments, although the quality was much better in the third.<\/p>\n

But as the Bulls’ defeat to Benetton in the Rainbow Cup final showed, we will only know where the Boks are in their readiness for the Lions series once they have played a game.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think what a lot of people don’t understand is that there is a massive difference between playing a local competition and heading into an international series. The difference is very vast, and the intensity is 10 times higher than just playing a local team,\u201d Mbonambi said.<\/p>\n

ALSO READ: The Springboks will be ready for the Lions tour, promises assistant coach Mzwandile Stick<\/p>\n

\u201cJacques Nienaber, Rassie (Erasmus) and all the other coaches have just made sure that everyone just gets back to that high international intensity.<\/p>\n

\u201cOver the past few days, we have been feeling it in our bodies, and you can just feel the whole difference between training at your local franchise and coming into a Springbok set-up. I’m 100% sure that our bodies will be ready for that kind of intensity, the way we are training now.\u201d<\/p>\n

@AshfakMohamed<\/b><\/p>\n

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