Scotland will need to impose their own game on world champions South Africa, says lock Scott Cummings, who knows Sunday's game is a "big moment" for Gregor Townsend's team.
The Glasgow second row won his 40th cap in the win over Fiji, and will likely go head-to-head with Eben Etzebeth this weekend.
Facing some of the best players in the world is a challenge Cummings is relishing.
"Playing international rugby, you're going to come up against great players and, you know, South Africa are obviously some of the best just now.
“They’ve been back-to-back world champions and they are that big ticket match.”
“We’re going to be playing against some of the best, but we're excited for it.”
Cummings, who was part of the team beaten by the Springboks at last year’s Rugby World Cup, knows the challenge that awaits from the back-to-back world champions.
He echoed Gregor Townsend’s view that Scotland will need to be better across the board, despite scoring eight tries in the win over Fiji.
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“The scoreline is a massive achievement for us, so obviously we'll be happy with that, but there's some stuff that we'll look to improve on,” the second row said.
“We know it's going to be a bit of a different challenge next week, and we're excited for that.“
After a blistering start that took them to a 26-0 lead, Scotland got on the wrong side of referee Craig Evans in the second quarter as Fiji grew back into the game.
Former Kelvinside Academy pupil Cummings knows that is an area Scotland will need to tighten up if they are to challenge the Springboks.
“I think we maybe gave away a few too many penalties in the breakdown,” he admitted.
“There's definitely stuff we can tidy up there, but I still thought defensively we were holding up quite well throughout the game.“
Another area that held up well was the set-piece, with the visitors struggling at the scrum.
Even with South Africa missing tighthead Frans Malherbe, who will miss Sunday’s match injured. Scotland's scrum will be given a serious examination by the Springbok pack.
Cummings said: “It [the set-piece] did go well but we know we weren't perfect there there is some stuff that we'll definitely look at.
"There wasn't really many actual scrum battles, a lot of them ended up going down and things, so maybe didn't prep us the best way in that sense.
“South Africa will be a different – they are a very set-piece orientated team, so we know that'll be one of the big battlegrounds for us next week.”
Scotland cannot afford to be drawn into a set-piece battle, and Cummings admitted they will look to find ways to break the game up in the same way they did late on against Fiji.
"South Africa play a very structured style of play, so we're going to have to find ways to break it up.
“It’s not all about stopping them. It’s about us imposing our game on them as much as we're stopping them.”
It is 14 years since Scotland recorded a victory over the Springboks, Dan Parks kicking all of the points in a 21-17 victory at Murrayfield.
That South Africa team, like the one Scotland will face, had conquered the British and Irish Lions and won the World Cup.
Cummings knows a victory on Sunday would be a real statement of intent from Gregor Townsend’s team.
He said: "We need to take that next step.
“There’s no point in us just staying where we are. We want to push on, try and properly compete with those big teams in the world.
“Getting to have a game at Scottish Gas Murrayfield against South Africa is a big moment for us. It’s a really important moment for us this week.”
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