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PRETORIA, SOUTH AFRICA - JULY 02: Frans Steyn of South Africa looks on during the Rugby Union international match between South Africa and Georgia at Loftus Versfeld Stadium on July 02, 2021 in Pretoria, South Africa. (Photo by David Rogers/Getty Images)

Watch: Steyn starting to run out of steam?

Jacques Nienaber reckons 35-year-old Springbok playmaker Frans Steyn can still run-and-gun with the young bucks, but the jovial two-time World Cup winner admits he’s starting to feel his age.

Jacques Nienaber, coach of South Africa shares joke with players during the 2022 Castle Lager Rugby Championship match between South Africa and New Zealand, at Mbombela Stadium, in Nelspruit on6 Auagust 2022 ©Samuel Shivambu/BackpagePix

‘All or nothing’ for Boks in Durban

Jacques Nienaber has full confidence that a Springbok match-day squad of World Cup and Lions Series winners can get the job done in the Rugby Championship decider against Argentina.

Steyn at 10 for Boks in Rugby Champs decider

Frans Steyn will wear the Springbok No 10 jersey for the first time in 14 years in the decisive Rugby Championship Test against Argentina in Durban on Saturday.

CAPE TOWN, SOUTH AFRICA - JUNE 21: Francois Steyn of South Africa in action during the International match between South Africa and Italy held at the Newlands Stadium on June 21, 2008 in Cape Town, South Africa.

Watch: When Frans Steyn last started at flyhalf

The injury-enforced absence of Damian Willemse could lead the Springboks to hand Frans Steyn a first Test start at flyhalf in over 14 years.

epa07966505 (L-R) Makazole Mapimpi, S'busiso Nkosi and Lukhanyo Am of South Africa react after the Rugby World Cup final match between England and South Africa at the International Stadium Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Yokohama, Japan, 02 November 2019. EPA/FRANCK ROBICHON EDITORIAL USE ONLY/ NO COMMERCIAL SALES / NOT USED IN ASSOCATION WITH ANY COMMERCIAL ENTITY

Watch: Nkosi’s best Bok memory

World Cup-winning wing Sbu Nkosi, who’s back in the Springbok squad after almost a year, reveals his most memorable moment with the world champions.

Five sent home as Boks recall Nkosi, Arendse

Sbu Nkosi and Kurt-Lee Arendse have been recalled to the Bok squad for the Rugby Championship clash with Argentina at Kings Park on Saturday.

Watch: ‘No hope’ for Marx’s throw-ins

A beast off the back of a Springbok rolling maul yet, here, Malcolm Marx battles to grasp the basics of his job at the lineout during a training session.

Permutations: How Boks can win the Rugby Championship

With South Africa and New Zealand tied on overall log points going into the decisive final round of the Rugby Championship, here’s how the Springboks can trump the All Blacks to claim the title.

AVELLANEDA, ARGENTINA - SEPTEMBER 17: Malcolm Marx of South Africa scores a try during a Rugby Championship match between Argentina Pumas and South Africa Springboks at Estadio Libertadores de América on September 17, 2022 in Avellaneda, Argentina.

Marx steals the show for Boks in BA

SARugbymag.co.za readers had their say and voted Malcolm Marx as the standout Springbok on Saturday after an excellent two-try performance against Argentina in Buenos Aires.

De Allende: Boks relishing ad-lib attack

Damian de Allende says the Springboks have unleashed their attacking instincts at the business end of the Rugby Championship as they crucially build towards the 2023 Rugby World Cup.