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Israel Dagg is ready for a high-ball attack from the Springboks when the Rugby Championship's two dominant teams meet in Auckland on Saturday.
But for one miss, which his coach Steve Hansen said just proved how difficult the conditions were, the All Blacks fullback coped with a barrage from Argentina in Hamilton on Saturday night and feels that has helped him prepare for the South Africans.
Hansen believes Dagg is the best in the world under the high ball and his skills were certainly put to the test by a combination of Nicolas Sanchez' pin-point kicking and the steady drizzle that made conditions at Waikato Stadium treacherous.
''We all love that high ball, but just hopefully it doesn't rain this time,'' Dagg said on Sunday of the prospect of an even tougher test against the Springboks.
''We expect [the Springboks] are going to put the ball up and they're going to put us under pressure because they like to feed off our mistakes. Hopefully we can limit [those mistakes] and take the high ball,'' he said.
Dagg said while the All Blacks prided themselves on being professionals and expected to catch everything that came their way, the rain had made things difficult on Saturday night.
''The ball was a wee bit slippery in those conditions and when I was looking up at a few high balls I had a bit of rain coming in my eyes and couldn't really see the ball, but we've just got to react to those conditions because rugby is played in sunshine and snow and that' the way it is.
''I thought we did OK considering the conditions. All week we trained in beautiful sunshine, got tans and all that, but I thought we reacted really well when it started raining.''
Dagg was limping around the team hotel on Sunday after rolling his ankle at training last Thursday and then taking a bang on the knee on Saturday night, but said he would be fine for the game against the Springboks.