Rassie says peaking at right time against All Blacks will be crucial: ‘It won’t be 4-0’

Shouldn’t peak “We feel comfortable that over a four-Test series against New Zealand we shouldn’t peak in the first game and then not be able to last all four games,” said Erasmus.“So we play the first match and try to win it, and then after that it’s another three Test matches, so I really don’t think you want to say from game one, we are so ready.

It is the first traditional tour between the two nations since 1996, and will see the All Blacks take on South Africa’s four United Rugby Championship franchises, and then battle it out with the Boks in a four-Test series.