If ever a performance was to be likened to the throwing of a gauntlet, the Springboks’ Rugby World Cup opening win against Scotland in Marseille on Sunday was it, writes Simnikiwe Xabanisa.
If ever a performance was to be likened to the throwing of a gauntlet, the Springboks’ Rugby World Cup opening win against Scotland in Marseille on Sunday was it.
The final score of 18-3 gave the impression this was a tense affair, but the defending world champions were so dominant, if this indeed was a gauntlet for the rest of the free world, it landed with the thud of a Frans Malherbe tackle on Scotland flyhalf Finn Russell.Get 14 days free to read all our investigative and in-depth journalism. Thereafter you will be billed R75 per month. You can cancel anytime and if you cancel within 14 days you won't be billed.