South Africa coach Heyneke Meyer said the All Blacks' experience is a major advantage heading into the Rugby World Cup.

The Springboks arrived in England at the weekend as they ramp up preparations for their tournament opener against Japan in Brighton on Saturday.

Meyer has overseen only one win over the all-conquering New Zealanders in seven Tests against them in his reign, and he said the Cup holders' cohesion in the squad was their greatest asset.

"The one thing going for New Zealand is that they've won the World Cup, and usually after the World Cup there is a little bit of a dip for a team, but they have virtually the same management team, same players and same captain," Meyer told a news conference.

"They are the favourites and they know how to handle pressure."

The All Blacks aside, Meyer said the remainder of the contenders were evenly pitted.

"If you look at the last eight weeks every team has lost and it shows that on the day every team can beat any team," Meyer said.

"For us, we prefer it this way, when we are underdogs and there is no pressure on us.

"Obviously we put pressure on ourselves but the one thing we need to adapt is the weather conditions but we've beaten every team except New Zealand home and away. We had two end-of-year tours when we were unbeaten.

"In the Rugby Championship we tried to play different rugby. We still want to play attractive rugby, we just want to make the right decisions.

"I'm confident if we can get our momentum right there is no reason why we can't beat any team on the day."