So great is the desire of Australia to end a 60-year losing streak against South Africa at Loftus Versfeld stadium in Pretoria, head coach Eddie Jones has been discussing it since April.
The Wallabies have played seven Tests at the 52,000-capacity ground in a leafy eastern suburb of the South African administrative capital, and lost every time.One of the defeats was humiliating — 61-22 in 1997 — while the closest they came to success was in 2001 when they fell 20-15.
Now, the 63-year-old Tasmanian is hoping to begin a second spell in charge by creating history through a victory at Loftus in the opening round of the 2023 Rugby Championship. “There is huge abuse that comes from the crowd to the players. That is the way. We all accept the crowd will try and rattle the players.
“The crowd is right on top of you and it is going to be very noisy. You need a guy like Quade to run off the back of the big forwards.”
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