Ireland have a difficult task ahead of them as they take on the World Champions.
But coach Andy Farrell and assistant coach Mike Catt are adamant, there will be no easy caps awarded, no rotation for the sake of it, the sole focus is on winning the series.
The stakes were also raised at club level as Munster became the first European club side to win at the Loftus Versfeld since the game went professional and the Bulls clearly took pleasure in defeating Leinster in the semi-final of the URC at the same ground. "You can’t dwell on all those things. You don’t use it. We know what we need to do to go to South Africa and try and win a series, that’s all it is.
"It’s religious. They’ve got a huge job on their hands to keep inspiring their nation and over the past 15 or 20 years or whatever they’ve done a pretty good job on the back of it. Ireland have gone into almost immediate lockdown with strict training camp rules in operation from the get-go. "Everyone speaks about dwelling on the past and dwelling on this and worrying about this, it is not right. We come into camp at your best and compete from day one. The mentality is you don’t let it slip.
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