The Springboks will be attempting to reverse the Wellington result in a game that celebrates a hundred years of test rugby at the ground.
Thomson (26) knows that the Springboks will be striving to get a rare Tri-Nations win on New Zealand soil.
"They have been searching for a win for a long time now," he said.
"They won the World Cup and have been ticking a lot of boxes. This is one they haven't got.
"They will want to give the All Blacks a beating at home."
He expects a more difficult opposition this week.
"They won't like the talk about the All Blacks getting the edge over them.
They are in camp at the moment and talking about that and will come out at Carisbrook to give it back to us," Thomson said.
Thomson made his test debut against Ireland at Wellington and will be playing his fourth test on Saturday.
How has he found his first three tests?
"It's been special for me," Thomson said.
"It's a great honour to wear the All Back jersey. The last three games have been an eye-opener for me.
"I'm still finding my feet and trying to bring myself up to the level required. It's great to get a taste of it."
Thomson knew the level of rugby required to beat the Springboks would be a step up from England.
"They are a very physical side. But that is nothing new. We expected that.
"That is the way the South Africans like to play," he said.
"We knew there would be a lot of intensity. We relished that.
"It was great test match rugby.
"They tried to dominate us and we fired right back at them and beat them at their own game.
"They will be coming out firing this week and trying to set things right.
"But we have some physical boys ourselves and are ready for that contest."
The Springboks have a classy and experienced loose forward trio and were expected to get the edge over the inexperienced All Black combination that had lost its captain, Richie McCaw.
But it did not happen that way.
"Maybe people wrote us off because we lacked experience," Thomson said.
"But it's an All Black jersey and when we go on the field we give 110%. We found our feet.
"The more you play test rugby, the more you understand the levels you have to come up to."
Thomson looked at the match statistics yesterday and was pleased with his work rate for the 60 minutes he was on the field at Wellington.
He made 11 tackles and only iron man Brad Thorn made more tackles for the All Blacks.
"I was pleased with my tackles, clean outs and the hard grind," Thomson said.
"I would like to add ball running as well."
But he knows his first job is to do the hard grind before getting out in the backs and having a run.
"My core job is to make the tackles and support play, clean rucks and win ball," he said.
"That is what I have to do first and foremost. The flashy stuff comes second."
The All Blacks do a lot of homework and video analysis on their own game in the week leading to a test.
"I look at the opposition and see where it is possible to attack them," Thomson said.
"A lot of work goes on behind the scenes. This work is all ticked off before we play the game."
Thomson has no difficulty sleeping the night before a test.
"I get most of my nerves during the week and when it comes to game time I'm OK," he said.
"It's a weird feeling because you are very pumped up. But it's just another game of rugby and you have to get out there and do your job."
