Nik Simon

He is the figure the locals love to hate. Pollock's face was on the latest front cover of the SA Rugby magazine with the headline: 'Poms set for Bok Bruising at Ellis Park.'

Cadan Murley is set to beat Noah Caluori in the race to partner Immanuel Feyi-Waboso in England's backline against the Springboks.

EXCLUSIVE INTERVIEW: Victor Matfield is walking through the well-heeled suburb of Hazelwood, Pretoria. It is the sort of neighbourhood where private security guards are never far away.

Victor Matfield is walking through the well-heeled suburb of Hazelwood, Pretoria. It is the sort of neighbourhood where private security guards are never far away.

NIK SIMON AT ELLIS PARK: In the final throes in Johannesburg, England's bench watched from their flimsy plastic chairs on the sideline with a familiar feeling.

EXCLUSIVE BY NIK SIMON IN MAKOPPA, SOUTH AFRICA: There is no turning back as we enter the land where tribesmen hold the crocodile as their sacred totem.

Head down to Liverpool's Cavern Club tonight and you will be treated to A Night of Beatlemania. Head to the Hill Dickinson Stadium and you will find a rugby team beginning to look like a tribute act.

NIK SIMON AT HILL DICKINSON STADIUM: Stepping off the team bus in the Mersey docks, Steve Borthwick received an ominous Fijian welcome.

Turn right onto the Avenida Belgrano in Buenos Aires and you cannot miss the 35-metre-tall mural of Lionel Messi

NIK SIMON IN BUENOS AIRES: Turn right onto the Avenida Belgrano in Buenos Aires and you cannot miss the 35-metre-tall mural of Lionel Messi.