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Siya Kolisi says that the Springboks<\/a> want to thank the South African fans through their performance in Soweto.<\/p>\n

The Rugby\u2019s Greatest Rivalry fixture against the All Blacks is the final home game for Rassie Erasmus\u2019 men this year, with the side heading to Baltimore for the fourth Test match of the series, which is followed by a clash against the Wallabies in Australia. In November, South Africa will then travel north for the second leg of the Nations Championship.<\/p>\n

Springboks aim to thank fans<\/p>\n

The Springboks<\/a> captain has made no bones about the fact that the team is targeting a victory in Johannesburg on Saturday and says that they will be thanking the fans through their efforts.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat we would like to achieve is to win,\u201d Kolisi<\/a> said on Friday before the double-header<\/a>, which sees the Springboks Women and Blacks Ferns collide for the first time in South Africa.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe obviously want to win the game, but also to just say thank you to the people of South Africa. The number of people who show up at the stadium and the vibe that\u2019s in there \u2013 we feel it, and we see it.<\/p>\n

\u201cEven the people that can\u2019t afford to come \u2013 when we\u2019re driving on the bus and homeless people get up and when they see a bus and they scream.<\/p>\n

\u201cPeople will make an effort to give others an opportunity to watch us play; that\u2019s also been really special.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWe spoke about it already, we know it\u2019s the last time [at home this year] and then this is the memory the people of South Africa will remember but hopefully we can give them a good memory and we want to say thank you not just by words but through our efforts tomorrow.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Kolisi\u2019s warning to the All Blacks<\/p>\n

Rain is predicted to fall on Saturday ahead of the match and possibly even during. However, Kolisi warns that come rain or sunshine, the Springboks\u2019 game plan won\u2019t be changing, adding that the team\u2019s structures are built for any kind of conditions.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe weather won\u2019t affect our thinking,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

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\u201cOur game plan hasn\u2019t changed. The way we prepared on Monday is still the same. If it rains or doesn\u2019t rain, none of our moves, anything that we do, our plan is not going to change anything at all.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe will have the same mindset that we had last week, but we just want to make sure we take our opportunities a whole lot better than we did in the previous games. But the way we play is built for any weather.\u201d<\/p>\n

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