Adnaan Mohamed - Sport24's man on tour with the Boks

Brisbane - Pierre Spies wants to erase the bad memories of his debut Test for the Springboks at the Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane in 2006.

On that day the Boks suffered a humiliating 49-0 thrashing at the hands of the Wallabies when Jake White was still the Bok coach.

"I remember it well. I made my debut along with Akona Ndungane in that game.  It was just one of those nights when we really did not know what was happening. The Aussies cut the line at will. It has been a while since then and our team has reached a different level in recent times," Spies said at the Springbok hotel on Tuesday.

According to the powerful No 8 the team is not even thinking of that game anymore and the focus is now on enjoying the rugby and they are looking forward to Saturday's clash.

"All we want to do is to improve on our weaknesses and strengths. I am always keen on growing and just getting better, fulfilling my role in the team and try to become the best I can be. That's why I want to be there," he explained.

Spies made his name by scoring extravagant tries, but he feels it is not always possible in Test rugby.

"In test rugby defenses are tight and you don't always get the opportunity to score spectacular tries. As a forward I enjoy doing the hard work and getting my hands dirty as well.

Spies has already racked up 26 caps and. It's funny in a team like this 26 caps doesn't seem a lot.

"I am just glad to be able to pick up as much experience as possible and building on that. In a few years time we will be the senior players who will have to show the youngsters the ropes."

Spies believes its going to be a huge battle amongst the two sets of forwards especially amongst the loose forwards.

The Wallabies have made a few changes to their loose trio. They have moved their captain George to eighth man. Wycliff Palu drops to the bench with David Pocock coming into the starting line-up.

Spies believes the Bok loose-trio will have their work cut out against their Wallaby counterparts

"Juan (Smith) and Heinrich (Brüssow) and I, will just have to work together as a unit, get the balance right and try to complement each other.

"Everybody is going to try to make a step up and climb in at the breakdowns and try to steal balls. Sometimes it comes off and other times it doesn't.  Last weekend was a good result and we will just have to build on that," he added.

*Adnaan Mohamed is on tour with the Springboks and will be writing a daily tour guide from Australia and New Zealand exclusively for Sport24.