The last time these two teams met was two just over two years ago when the Springboks won 19-16 in the Rugby World Cup semi-finals in Yokohama.

The captain of the World Champions, Siya Kolisi, said while they will also be up against Scotland at Murrayfield and England at Twickenham in the next fortnight, the Dragons serve all of their attention and focus.

“It has been a year of ups-and-downs but we do take confidence from our last game.

“Having said that, this a different challenge that we will be coming up against.

“It's been six years since the last time we won here. We are really focused on just this one game against Wales because they need all of our attention and focus.

“We have lost here so many times in the past. But we are taking it game by game because we also really do want to gain momentum going forward as a team.”

Saturday evening’s Test at the Millennium Stadium kicks off at 19:30.

Wales - 15 Johnny McNicholl, 14 Louis Rees-Zammit, 13 Jonathan Davies (captain), 12 Nick Tompkins, 11 Josh Adams, 10 Dan Biggar, 9 Tomos Williams, 8 Aaron Wainwright, 7 Taine Basham, 6 Ellis Jenkins, 5 Adam Beard, 4 Will Rowlands, 3 Tomas Francis, 2 Ryan Elias, 1 Rhys Carré

Replacements - 16 Bradley Roberts, 17 Wyn Jones, 18 WillGriff John, 19 Ben Carter, 20 Seb Davies, 21 Gareth Davies, 22 Gareth Anscombe, 23 Liam Williams.

Springboks - 15 Damian Willemse, 14 Jesse Kriel, 13 Lukhanyo Am, 12 Damian de Allende, 11 Makazole Mapimpi, 10 Handré Pollard, 9 Herschel Jantjies, 8 Duane Vermeulen, 7 Kwagga Smith, 6 Siya Kolisi (captain), 5 Lood de Jager, 4 Eben Etzebeth, 3 Trevor Nyakane, 2 Bongi Mbonambi, 1 Ox Nche

Replacements - 16 Malcolm Marx, 17 Steven Kitshoff, 18 Vincent Koch, 19 Franco Mostert, 20 Jasper Wiese, 21 Cobus Reinach, 22 Elton Jantjies, 23 Frans Steyn.

Morgan Piek OFM Sport