A ruthless display from a 14-man Springboks saw them power to a brilliant 64-21 win over Portugal in their one-off Test on Saturday night.
Seven players made their Bok debuts, while there were plenty of strong performances across the board.
The hosts were hit with an early third minute red card to Andre Esterhuizen, while they also received a further two yellow cards at various stages, but despite the pressure of playing, while there were plenty of strong performances across the board and the Bok coaching staff should be very pleased with what they saw on the day.
However that just shocked the hosts into action as they ran in four tries in a 14 minute spell, with prop Jan-Hendrik Wessels diving over from close range and flank Phepsi Buthelezi going over from a maul. Two stunning breaks from fullback Aphelele Fassie and flyhalf Manie Libbok then led to tries for Arendse and flank Ben-Jason Dixon as they took a 22-7 lead.
But it was instead the Boks that put on an absolute attacking clinic to run the visitors ragged throughout the match. Despite being down to 14-men for over 77 minutes the Boks continuously found space and gaps in the Portuguese defence with relentless waves of attacks.
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