Ireland are expecting to South Africa to come out all guns blazing for the deciding final Test of their summer series.
Ireland won the first Test of the tour, before the hosts came from behind in Johannesburg on Saturday to leave the series finely balanced ahead of next Saturday's clash in Port Elizabeth's Nelson Mandela Bay Stadium.
Ireland had an historic first series win in South Africa within their grasp when they led 26-10 with half an hour to go, but the hosts then turned on the style to score 22 unanswered points and seize the momentum heading into the final showdown.
Irish second row Devin Toner expects the Springboks to pick up where they left out when they come face-to-face again.
"We're expecting them to play as they did in that last quarter - they’ll have a lot of confidence."
Toner feels Ireland's defence let them down somewhat in the end game in Johannesburg, something they will endeavour not to repeat next weekend.
"We still kind of hurting over it ... we know we should have won it"
"We stood off them, we let run at us, we fell off some tackles. Once you start falling off tackles and let them get over the gain line that's what happens.
"We can't let them get over the gain line as easy as they did. We have to take confidence from our performance in the first game and the first half to know that we can do it, to know we can negate their threats."
The nature of the defeat, with victory within their grasp, has left a mark on the tourists.
"I wouldn't say we're over it," the Leinster man said. "We're still going through the footage, we're still looking at the video."
"We still kind of hurting over it ... we know we should have won it. It was just the last 15 or 20 minutes that we let it slip so, we’re not over it, no."
Some analysts have attributed the late Irish collapse to the unique challenges of playing in the high altitude atmosphere of Ellis Park, but Toner says he did not notice it.
"I hadn't played at altitude before so last week was my first time but personally I didn’t feel much of a difference. I'm usually quite tired at the end of games anyway so I was pretty much the same."
Ultimately, he is a bit puzzled by the collapse, saying "I don’t know if it was a lapse in concentration or if lads were tired."
Whatever the reason, Ireland will be looking to make amends in order to make history in Port Elizabeth.
With bodies still recovering from Saturday, it is a case of building them back up again as the weekend, and destiny, approaches.
"We're going to try and build our way into the week and try and get back into it for Thursday and Friday and peak for Saturday."
Ireland trained at the Nelson Mandela Bay University on Tuesday morning and reported a clean bill of health for Saturday's game as CJ Stander returns to the squad.
It is Ireland's 17th Test of their 2015/16 campaign but Toner wants one last effort as they look to follow the British and Irish Lions and New Zealand by winning a three-Test series over the Springboks on South African soil.
"I think it’s quite important to us. Going into that first game it was quite important seeing as we'd never won in Africa before. That was playing on our minds a bit so once we got that win I think we can push on now to make a bit more history."
