South Africa will target Australia in lineouts - Lood de Jager

South Africa lock Lood de Jager has affirmed that his team will be targeting Australia in the lineouts during their upcoming Rugby Championship encounter on 10th September at the Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane.

The Springboks are placed second in the tournament table after having won one out of their two encounters against Argentina while the Wallabies are reeling at the bottom of the table after losing both the games against the All Blacks.

Crediting All Blacks for their dominance earlier in the tournament, de Jager revealed South Africa have their own plans to bring Australia down in the next game.

"The All Blacks are a very good man-watching side in lineouts. If you have an off day, they can punish you for it," he told reporters in Brisbane on Tuesday.

"In the series against England, Australia won lineout ball pretty easily.

"It's not a big concern for them but we've done our homework as well and hopefully we can put them under pressure at lineout time."

Head coach Michael Cheika and captain Stephen Moore have come under heavy criticism in Australia following their fifth consecutive defeat in 2016 including a 0-3 Test series defeat to England.

The 23-year-old Jager said he is keen to see how the Australian team will react after the backlash from the media and the public at home.

"(I'm) looking forward to the game," he added.

"They're under pressure and the media's made a big thing about it so in the week they would have probably rectified it and come up with new plans.

"We'll see on Saturday what they come with."