Wayne Pivac Q&A: South Africa are the ones under pressure now, there's extra spice and we're ready to go again

Wayne Pivac: Yeah very pleased, obviously, two key players for us. I’ve got to say the medical team have done a fantastic job. They had a light part of the week but trained today and came through that well, so very pleased.

WP: No, they ticked those today. We’ve just got a captain’s run left and they’ll take part in that, so everything is in place for Saturday.

WP: That’s what we wanted to achieve, we wanted to get some combinations going and start rewarding good performances. We’ve been able to do that. The main thing for us is making sure the boys have petrol in the tank ready to go for Saturday. This week’s been a bit of adjustment to last week, a few boys are banged up, but obviously it’s a big occasion on Saturday and one the players are looking forward to. We would like to think that the effort will be there as it has been in the first two Tests.

WP: We’ll see on Saturday but clearly they’ve had a week to freshen up. Our boys have gone toe to toe with two different sides over the last two weeks. We’ll be physically ready, and now it’s a big mental challenge for us to get up and go again after the excitement of last week. Clearly we celebrated that and now it’s a matter of getting back out there and going ‘there’s one more big game and an opportunity to win a series’, so there’s a lot to play for.

WP: Well, Stephen (Jones) didn’t want to select him this week for some reason, it was a two-one vote!

On a serious note, he’s been a marvellous player for us, a big player for years and years. To come back from the serious injury he’s had, I’m just pleased that he’s out there and he’ll get to go on the big stage again for us. To play 105 Tests is a marvellous achievement, so he becomes the most-capped back and third-most