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If there was any doubt as to how invested the South African rugby fraternity is in the Springboks defending their World Cup title in France, then one need look no further than how little the fact that Saturday's meeting with Argentina at Ellis Park is the national team's last assignment on SA soil before the tournament has been highlighted.
Whenever coach Jacques Nienaber, who departs for Irish heavyweights Leinster at the end of the campaign, has talked about his African farewell, it was because he was specifically asked about it.
On Friday, Duane Vermeulen - South Africa's stand-in skipper in the continued absence of Siya Kolisi - had to field a similar line of questioning.
