It will end what has been an intriguing week of verbal jousting between the camps.
The South Africans have questioned the illegal scrum tactics of the All Blacks and the lenient one-game suspension on lock Brad Thorn.
The All Blacks have noted the physical nature of the attack on first five-eighth Dan Carter and the Springbok penchant for high late tackles and niggles off the ball.
The stakes became higher when two injured captains, normally saints of self-restraint, entered the slanging match.
Springbok skipper John Smit, bitter at Thorn receiving just a one-week suspension for the lifting tackle on him at Wellington, felt that the All Blacks receive preferential treatment.
Counterpart Richie McCaw, who is also missing the Carisbrook test with injury, struck back at Smit on Radio Sport yesterday.
"I thought it was quite amusing that he said that as he was climbing on the plane to go home," McCaw said.
"If you're going to throw sticks you do it on the field, I reckon."
The coaching friction continued at the All Black and South African press conferences as Graham Henry and Springboks counterpart Peter de Villiers juggled the hot potato of late, high tackles.
Henry has said the visitors were guilty of them at Wellington, along with some less-noticeable niggles and would remind his players not to retaliate.
"If you lose your discipline, you won't play as well as you should and there will be consequences if you do," Henry said.
The All Blacks start as favourites because of the commanding display by the tight forwards at Wellington and the skill of Carter.
The South Africans have never won in seven tests at Carisbrook and it is 10 years since they had a win on New Zealand soil. The All Blacks gained the psychological advantage when they won their 30th successive test on home soil and ended the Springboks' 13-test winning streak at Wellington.
Henry expects a bit of edge to come from the Springboks.
"They have come over to win and thought they might do that in the first test at Wellington," Henry said.
"They will be desperate and I think that will come out in the way they play the game. It will be a huge challenge for us tomorrow night."
Henry said the All Blacks were well down on experience compared to the Springboks.
"But we have huge enthusiasm and work together," he said.
"Last week was a major challenge. This week will be a bigger one.
"The Springboks will have a greater edge than last week. It will be a major test for the All Blacks."
The strong All Black scrum outplayed the Springboks and was the telling feature of last week's test. The new Springbok selection panel helped the side's demise in the scrum by leaving BJ Botha, South Africa's best tighthead prop, at home.
The Springboks have worked hard this week to rectify last week's scrum failure.
"We've worked on technical and tactical issues around the scrum," forward coach Gary Gold said.
"We got a good hit last week but then allowed the All Blacks to get a second shove on us. That is an area we concentrated on.
"There are are a couple of other technical items we worked at and we had a couple of video discussions on how we are going address the scrum issue." A key player in the All Black pack was suspended Thorn who applied power in the middle row of the scrum.
Lock Ali Williams. another key player in the win, has taken part in more training runs this week than before the Wellington test.
"He had Monday recovering and has gradually increased his involvement in the training throughout the week," Henry said.
Henry has no doubts about the calibre of replacement lock Anthony Boric.
"He's a pretty composed and intelligent fellow. He knows the game, he knows the line-outs and has prepared well. He will do the job," he said.
The other area of dominance by the All Blacks at Wellington was the accuracy of its tactical kicking, especially by Carter.
This contrasted with the inaccurate tactical kicking approach adopted by the Springboks. Springbok first five-eighth Butch James played well below his best at Wellington.
"Butch is an incredibly competitive player and admitted that he didn't have his best game," back coach Dick Muir said. "The mark of the man will be how he bounces back this week. He has certainly got the character and competitive edge."
Goal kicking was another plus for the All Blacks with Carter kicking five of his six goals and scoring 14 points for the All Blacks. James, on the other hand, kicked just one goal from his three attempts.
Veteran fullback Percy Montgomery, who has scored 97 points in tests against New Zealand, will be the South African goal kicker today.
"Monty's got the track record for a long, long time in test match rugby, has a high percentage and can kick vital goals," Henry said.
Milestones
• Percy Montgomery needs three points to become the first Springbok to score 100 points against the All Blacks in tests. It is his 97th test.
• JP Pietersen, who turns 22 today, is playing his 17th test. Butch James turned 29 last Tuesday.
• Bakkies Botha will lock the Springbok scrum for a record 40th time with Victor Matfield in his 50th test.
• All Black lock Anthony Boric will make his first test start.
• Mils Muliaina will start his 46th test at fullback to surpass the record held by Christian Cullen.
