That's where we want to be for as long as we can." "I remember Eben (Etzebeth) saying last year to the group, that it's a hard road getting to the top, but what's even harder is staying there as long as we can. When we step on the field, we've accepted that everything is fine and we'll be ready. "Whatever the challenges are, they will never be an excuse if we lose a game. Some of us are missing our families, and some of us left them behind, but everybody wants to be here," Kolisi added.
That's why we're making sacrifices to be here. When one considers how far this team has come under the tutelage of Rassie Erasmus and Jacques Nienaber, who took over in 2018 when the Boks had reached new lows in the two years prior, it is a remarkable turnaround.
"We obviously do have the end goal, which is winning that trophy, but we are trying to not think that far ahead." it's the same processes as the week before. "We put the same effort into each game, no matter who we're playing. We want to win every competition we're playing in, otherwise, it would just be a waste. "We want to win every single game that we play, and we prepare to win every game we play. "You want to invest yourself and give everything you can while you've got the privilege of wearing the Springbok jersey. On Queen’s Greatest Hits, released 1981, they added Of the World at the end. What this means is We Are The Champions was originally released on the album News of the World in 1977 with the lyrics going We are the champions and fading off. "Each player, when he accepts being chosen into the team for the first time, we all want to leave this jersey in a better place than when we got it," said Kolisi. Not in the original version: Of the world. He did, however, touch on elements of the legacy he wanted this team to leave behind. The 2019-2021 Springboks, though, have overcome much adversity, most of it because of Covid-19.Īsked directly on Friday if there were conversations within the group around where this Bok team would stack up in history, Siya Kolisi stressed the importance of focusing on what was immediately in front of them. The Boks of 2007 to 2009 also won all there was to win and is the other team that would naturally come into that conversation. It would also surely not be a stretch at that point to consider this one of the most successful Springbok teams of all time. One thing that is clear, however, is that if the Boks are to somehow emerge victorious, they will have solidified their status as the most dominant side on the planet. It is not clear whether Australia, South Africa or even Europe will host the remainder of Rugby Championship 2021. The obvious spanner in the works is the uncertainty surrounding the future of the competition, with Covid-19 concerns seeing the All Blacks unable to travel to Australia for next weekend's fixture, while Australia's own strict quarantine requirements throw the rest of the competition in doubt. They take on Argentina again at Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium on Saturday - they were 32-12 winners at the same venue this past Saturday - and with the All Blacks and Wallabies not in action, the Boks will climb to the top of the 2021 Rugby Championship log with another win.