The mission to emphasise, and extend, their global mastery: right on track.
That, in the final analysis, is what the Springboks and their supporters will be harbouring as an overarching feeling, following completion of a nerve-jangling series triumph over the British and Irish Lions.
The low-risk Bok game plan, with its demonic devotion to template-driven efficiency and clinical defence, has its detractors far and wide (and, yes, even some much closer to home).
