The South African national rugby side is on track for an undefeated tour of the Northern Hemisphere for the first time since 2013, if they can get past Wales at the Principality stadium in Cardiff on Saturday.
The Boks are up against a Welsh team that is in full crisis mode, currently enduring an 11-match losing streak.
The Springboks are treating their opponents with the requisite amount of respect, enlisting lock forward, Jean Kleyn, who last played for the Boks in last years world cup final, into the starting fifteen.
Jean Kleyn is set to become the 51st Springbok player picked this season, with Cameron Hanekom, on the bench, the 52nd, when he takes to the pitch on debut. Kleyn last played for the Boks in the 2023 world cup final against the All Blacks, before succumbing to injury for most of this season.
The Boks lock stocks are strong and Kleyn knows he needs to keep his name in the conversation amongst the coaching staff, but that not Kleyns primary motivation.
