Damian de Allende is relishing the prospect of a direct battle with Wallabies star Joseph Suaalii when the Springboks take on the Wallabies in Cape Town on Saturday.<\/p>\n
BOK TEAM: Rassie turns to Pollard, Libbok pays the price<\/a><\/p>\n Back from a niggle that kept him out of the Ellis Park disaster, De Allende reunites with captain Jesse Kriel in the midfield for the 38th time, and says the matchup with the young Australian flyer will be a key focus.<\/p>\n \u201cI think he\u2019s very agile and explosive and he gets up in the air very well, very easily and very high,\u201d De Allende said.<\/p>\n \u201cHe does very well to keep the ball alive, especially in contact, and that\u2019s what they do well in Rugby League as well. For us this weekend, it\u2019s just to make sure that we can take his pace away, but take it away together, not individually. He\u2019s been cool to watch \u2013 almost reminds me a bit of watching Israel Folau. He just brings that different dynamic to the Australian team.\u201d<\/p>\n De Allende stressed that shutting down Suaalii won\u2019t fall on one player alone. <\/p>\n \u201cThere\u2019s always a big responsibility to own a position when we play in it, we know that. But we also know that whoever plays in that position, we give each other enough confidence in the week to own that responsibility to make sure when you go there on Saturday, you are feeling 100% confident and you know what\u2019s coming.\u201d<\/p>\n Damian De Allende will move into 10th place on the list of most-capped Springboks this weekend \u23eb<\/p>\n He is currently tied on 89 with Pieter-Steph du Toit and the late Joost van der Westhuizen \ud83e\udd1d#SSRugby<\/a> | #TheRugbyChampionship<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/DWg7bfwXnZ<\/a><\/p>\n