The Sunwolves head into their final Super Rugby game before the June break looking to right the wrongs of their previous two outings.

 Rugby: Sunwolves looking to right some wrongs against Cheetahs

An inability to play for the full 80 minutes cost them a victory in Buenos Aires against the Jaguares and then allowed the Sharks to score three tries in the final six minutes to run up the scoreboard in last week's 38-17 loss in Singapore.

"We know we leak points in certain parts of the game and we're trying to get better," head coach Filo Tiatia said Friday following his team captain's run at Prince Chichibu Memorial Rugby Ground. "When we are on our game we put good teams under pressure. But we need to do it consistently and play for every second."

Injuries have forced Tiatia to once again change almost half his starting XV and the former All Black is under no illusions how hard a game it will be on Saturday, even though the Sunwolves are up against a side on a nine-match losing streak.

"We've got a massive job ahead of us," he said.

The absence as the result of concussion of Willie Britz -- one of the best line-out jumpers in Super Rugby -- will put even more pressure on the Sunwolves pack. But Tiatia is hopeful his players will respond.

"We have a few things up our sleeve but it will be difficult without Willie, who is our inspirational and spiritual leader."

Providing they can win enough ball, flyhalf Yu Tamura has shown glimpses of real maturity and leadership over the past few weeks. And the return of Derek Carpenter to outside center to renew his midfield partnership with Harumichi Tatekawa should ensure a wide variety of options with which the Sunwolves can threaten the Cheetahs defense.

The South Africans, meanwhile, come into the game just four points above the Sunwolves in the standings despite playing one game more.

"Tomorrow's game is an opportunity for us to show what we have learnt," said head coach Franco Smith. "We need to play to the standards we set ourselves. We can only control what we can control."

The two sides met back on March 11 in Bloemfontein, South Africa with the hosts that day winning 38-31 -- their only other victory coming the week before against the Bulls, who the Sunwolves beat on April 8, the last time they played in Tokyo.

But Smith said not too much can be read into the game on the Highveld.

"Both sides have developed and grown since then," he said. "It will be a very different game. Nothing that happened in that game will influence this game."

Some things will remain the same though.

The Cheetahs will look to use their forwards to bully the Sunwolves -- who are missing Britz, Ed Quirk (broken hand), Liaki Moli (concussion) and Shota Horie (neck injury) among others in the pack -- into submission.

The hosts, meanwhile, will look to make the most of any unstructured situation to turn attack into defense, though they need to be wary that their transition from attack to defense is quicker than in past weeks.

"We know their forwards like the set piece and they have a strong scrum and line-out maul," said Sunwolves captain Tatekawa. "They also have a quick back three. The key will be stopping them play at their pace and making sure we play the game the way we want to."