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.
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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.
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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.
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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.