The Springboks kept their unbeaten record against Australia, coming away with a 43-12 victory in Pretoria on Saturday.
JOHANNESBURG - The Springboks kept their unbeaten record against Australia in Pretoria intact as they outclassed the Wallabies 43-12 in the Rugby Championship opener.The Wallabies began the game with a bounce in their step as they put the home team under pressure. They then silenced the excitable Loftus Versfeld crowd when wing Marika Koroibete scored in the corner to take a 5-0 lead.
Wing, Kurt-Lee Arendse scored two first-half tries and Manie Libbok was flawless with the boot in the opening period as they overturned the deficit to take a 17-5 lead into the break. Despite fumbling a couple of opportunities to score in the early parts of the second half, the Boks were able to put daylight between themselves and their opponents when Arendse completed his hat trick in the 51st minute to make it 22-5.
The Springboks were awarded a second penalty try in the 69th after wing Suliasi Vunivalu received his yellow card for a deliberate knockdown when he was the last line of defence and clearly prevented Arendse from grabbing a 4th try of the eveningHard-working flank Pieter-Steph du Toit scored the Springboks’ sixth try with five to go to make it 43-5 before Carter Gordon scored a consolation try to cut the Boks' winning margin to 31 points.
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