| JEREMY GUSCOTT ON THE WEEKEND'S RUGBY UNION South Africa take on Ireland on Saturday and the world champions have a simple tactic - stick the ball up in the air, chase it, then crush and destroy.
Add in the way Ireland played against Australia - even allowing for an improvement against Fiji - and I'm not expecting an absolute belter of a match.
I have to say I'm not sure how Ireland are going to play because although new fly-half Jonathan Sexton is a bit of a like-for-like replacement for Ronan O'Gara, he has the ability to run it a bit more.
However, I wonder whether his nerve is going to hold out, and whether he will be able to get his backline moving?
With South Africa it's always route one but I'd love to see them try something different.
They have a set pattern of play - kick, line of defence, squeeze, force an error, kick, penalty - and I'm afraid it's a winning formula.
In their Tri-Nations match against Australia in Perth they went out there and tested themselves to prove they could play a more creative, attacking style - they ended up winning 32-25 and it was a fantastic game of rugby.
But I think they are now exhausted after a long season and the idea of a friendly, with nothing at stake, may not be overly appealing.
Their style of play is really tiring - I'm not sure people realise how tiring it is but defence is harder because it is more physically demanding.
If a team is going backwards and being battered it is harder physically and mentally.
After that match has finished on BBC One, switch over to BBC Two where we are at the Millennium Stadium for an intriguing encounter as Wales face Australia.
Jeremy Guscott is an expert on BBC's TV coverage of Wales v Australia on Saturday.
Jeremy was talking to BBC Sport. | 
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