Siya Kolisi wants South Africa to maintain consistency

South Africa captain Siya Kolisi wants his side to maintain consistency as they face Argentina in the final two rounds of the Rugby Championship.

Having started the tournament with a 26-10 win over the All Blacks, the Springboks suffered back to back losses against New Zealand and Australia in the next two rounds hampering their chances in the competition.

Nevertheless, tries from Damian de Allende, debutant Canan Moodie, Franco Mostert and Makazole Mapimpi ensured they bounced back with a 24-8 victory over the Wallabies in Sydney last weekend keeping them alive in the competition.

“The thing is everybody wants consistency. We want to stay near the top the whole time but it's hard,” Kolisi said.

“Last week there was nothing different to our performance or our game plan, we took the opportunities that we created [on Saturday] and that's what we want to do every single time,” Kolisi said.

“It will make our job so much easier not to have to fight back the whole time. That we could create those opportunities is encouraging, and that we could finish was really good. It's a good reminder we can do it .

“We must just keep on doing them, that's all we want. Just being consistent and taking the opportunities when we create them.”

The first four rounds of the Rugby Championship saw all the four teams won and lost two games apiece. New Zealand hold the top position currently with 10 points while Australia, South Africa and Argentina have nine points each.

All the four teams are with a chance to win the competition as they enter the final two rounds and Kolisi lauded the competitiveness among the sides.

“Some teams perform one week and some teams don't perform. That's what I think all the nations are looking for, that consistency every week.

“You can see now what's happening — every single team is standing up and I think it's brilliant for rugby because you never know which team is going to win on the day.”