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Kurt-Lee flies high in Oz win

Francois De Wet|Published

Winger Kurt-Lee Arendse provided a moment of magic when, from a dominant Bok scrum, he scooped up Cobus Reinach’s wayward pass and jinked three Wallaby defenders to score under the sticks.

Daily Voice’s Francois de Wet takes a look at some of the players’ performance, and rates just how they did in Saturday’s game against Australia.

15 Willie le Roux 7.5/10

Safe under the high ball and kept the Wallabies vasgepen in their half with tactical kicks, but should have passed to Kolbe for a try after an early counterattack.

14 Cheslin Kolbe 8.5/10

Kept the Wallabies guessing by popping up as scrumhalf, hooker and even dropping into the pocket for a drop goal after getting a licence to roam free on attack.

13 Jesse Kriel 8.5/10

Marshalled the defence with 10 big hits and made a busting linebreak before offloading to send Arendse away for his second try.

12 Damian de Allende 8/10

Put in some huge hits and beat three defenders with his six carries.

11 Kurt-Lee Arendse 9/10

He love playing the Aussies and scored a try in each half with his first a kwaai solo effort – ghosting past three Wallabies defenders.

10 Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu 8.5/10

Deserves another go at 10 next week in Perth after showing off his silky passing skills to set up Pieter-
Steph du Toit’s try and made a 
brilliant linebreak.

9 Cobus Reinach 8/10

Provided good service for his backs and ball-carrying forwards, and also took on the Wallabies with six sniping runs.

8 Elrigh Louw 8.5/10

Showed he is no slow poke on attack with 83 metres gained from 12 carries and putting in a shift on defence with 10 tackles.

7 Ben-Jason Dixon 8.5/10

The Boks have a new tackle machine after the Stormers ace made 21 big hits.

6 Siya Kolisi 8/10

Stamped his authority as the main Bok after scoring the opening try.

5 Pieter-Steph du Toit 9/10

Looked right at home at lock after RG Snyman pulled out late with a niggle, scored a try, made 16 tackles and carried the ball 14 times as the main enforcer.

4 Eben Etzebeth 7.5/10

Had a bit of a quiet game in terms of physical presence but solid as usual in the lineout.

3 Frans Malherbe 7.5/10

Kept the Wallabies honest at scrum time, cranking up the pressure from attacking set-pieces.

16 Malcolm Marx 7/10

Replaced Bongi Mbonambi in the first half and was a menace at the breakdown but a yellow card for a dangerous tackle spoiled his day.

1 Ox Nche 7.5/10

Maak die pap dik aan at scrum time and also put in hard yards in the mauls, especially the one that led to Kolisi’s try.

Daily Voice

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