The Pumas opted for continuity for the crunch match by also making just two changes to their starting XV.

The Argentines are still for a chance to win the Rugby Championship for the first time in their history, while they will also target their third win in South Africa.

The wily Australian coach, said they aren’t in South Africa to do the World Champions any favours.

“We are always motivated every week, I don’t think one week’s motivation leads to another,” said Cheika.

“We are motivated by many things in relation to where we want to end up as a team.

“We have a lot of drive as a team. On Wednesday we probably had our best training session of the whole time we have been together since the start of July.

“I don’t want to get the bigger picture here, I just want to get the expression that this is an opportunity at a full house in Durban against the world champions and it is a chance to take.”

Saturday’s big Test between the Springboks and Argentina at Kings’ Park kicks off at 17:05.

Springboks - 15 Willie le Roux, 14 Canan Moodie, 13 Jesse Kriel, 12 Damian de Allende, 11 Makazole Mapimpi, 10 Frans Steyn, 9 Jaden Hendrikse, 8 Jasper Wiese, 7 Pieter-Steph du Toit, 6 Siya Kolisi (captain), 5 Lood de Jager, 4 Eben Etzebeth, 3 Frans Malherbe, 2 Malcolm Marx, 1 Steven Kitshoff

Replacements - 16 Bongi Mbonambi, 17 Ox Nche, 18 Vincent Koch, 19 Franco Mostert, 20 Duane Vermeulen, 21 Kwagga Smith, 22 Faf de Klerk, 23 Kurt-Lee Arendse

Argentina - 15 Juan Cruz Mallia, 14 Emiliano Boffelli, 13 Matias Moroni, 12 Jeronimo de la Fuente, 11 Juan Imhoff, 10 Santiago Carreras, 9 Gonzalo Bertranou, 8 Pablo Matera, 7 Marcos Kremer, 6 Juan Martin Gonzalez, 5 Tomas Lavanini, 4 Matias Alemanno, 3 Eduardo Bello, 2 Julian Montoya (captain), 1 Nahuel Tetaz Chaparro

Replacements - 16 Agustin Creevy, 17 Mayco Vivas, 18 Joel Sclavi, 19 Guido Petti, 20 Pedro Rubiolo, 21 Tomas Cubelli, 22 Benjamin Urdapilleta, 23 Bautista Delguy

Morgan Piek OFM Sport