Wallabies prop Benn Robinson, fast developing into one of the world’s best looseheads, was bemused by de Villiers’ claim, insisting the Australians had no reason to want to collapse a scrum.

Sixth-string hooker Saia Fainga’a will start his first Test match in four years as the Wallabies face a massive set-piece assignment against South Africa at Newlands. Australia’s dreadlocked ...