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Kolisi wants more from champs: 'We've won the World Cup, but not beaten All Blacks at home'

In Mbombela

"It's been eight years. I can't believe it."

Springbok captain Siya Kolisi made it clear that they have to win Saturday's Rugby Championship Test against the All Blacks at the Mbombela Stadium to end their eight-year winless home run to their famous foes.

Kolisi has been in countless All Blacks battles, but since his 2013 debut against Scotland at the Mbombela Stadium, he's never been on the winning side in a home All Blacks Test.

He's been on the end of thrashings, the thin end of close defeats, but never a winner, lending an air of desperation to Kolisi and how the Boks need to make sure they do what is required of them this Saturday.

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Kolisi admitted the All Blacks remain a classy side despite their current troubles, but the fact they haven't beaten the All Blacks at home while they're World Champions remains an issue with him.

"We haven't won at home against the All Blacks in eight years. That's our motivation. We can't control what happens in the All Black camp," Kolisi said.

"We can only control what we can control and as this group, we've never beaten the All Blacks in South Africa.

"That's what we want to do. We want to play really well, get our plans working and start with intensity. We want to test ourselves against them. They're an amazing side, we've been where they are and it only takes one game to kickstart into form.

"We're not chilling and thinking about what everyone is thinking. We're focussing on what we must get right," he continued.

"We just want to win at home as this group. It's been eight years. I can't believe it. We have a World Cup, but we haven’t beaten the All Blacks at home.

"It's going to

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