Calm before storm in Springboks-Lions series

It was all quiet on the rugby front in South Africa on Wednesday as both the Springboks and the British and Irish Lions camps took a one-day break from media briefings.

The teams clash on Saturday in the second Test of three in Cape Town and Rugby World Cup winner South Africa must triumph to remain in contention to win the series after going down 22-17 last weekend.

History is stacked in favour of the Lion