Cheslin Kolbe in action for the Boks against the All Blacks in the Rugby Championship Test in Cape Town. Picture: Gallo Images
The Springboks beat the All Blacks 18-12 in a thrilling match in Cape Town on Saturday to win the Freedom Cup and the Rugby Championship.
It was a fourth straight win by the Boks over their fiercest rivals, and the world champions’ first win of the Freedom Cup since 2009.
In another close, tightly contested affair, the Boks scored two tries, through captain Siya Kolisi and hooker Malcolm Marx.
The Boks have now gone four matches in the competition unbeaten, after earlier beating Australia in Australia on two occasions, and now they have also beaten the All Blacks twice, in Joburg and Cape Town.
The Boks next face Argentina in Santiago in two weeks’ time, with the return match in Mbombela.
Below is how The Citizen covered the game in Cape Town on Saturday.
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Springboks coach Rassie Erasmus made seven changes to his team including bringing in experienced two-time World Cup winners, Willie le Roux and Handre Pollard, while Canan Moodie was also back on the wing. Grant Williams also started.
The All Blacks also made changes to their team, with the experienced pair of TJ Perenara and Beauden Barrett playing off the bench on Saturday, while there were recalls for wing Sevu Reece and Mark Tele’a.
Springboks: Willie le Roux, Canan Moodie, Jesse Kriel, Damian de Allende, Cheslin Kolbe, Handre Pollard, Grant Williams, Jasper Wiese, Pieter-Steph du Toit, Siya Kolisi, Ruan Nortje, Eben Etzebeth, Frans Malherbe, Bongi Mbonambi, Ox Nche. Bench: Malcolm Marx, Gerhard Steenekamp, Vincent Koch, Kwagga Smith, Elrigh Louw, Jaden Hendrikse, Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, Lukhanyo Am
All Blacks: Will Jordan, Sevu Reece, Rieko Ioane, Jordie Barrett, Mark Tele’a, Damian McKenzie, Cortez Ratima, Ardie Savea, Sam Cane, Wallace Sititi, Tupou Vaa’i, Scott Barrett, Tyrel Lomax, Codie Taylor, Tamaiti Williams. Bench: Asafo Aumua, Ofa Tu’ungafasi, Fletcher Newell, Sam Darry, Luke Jacobson, TJ Perenara, Anton Lienert-Brown, Beauden Barrett
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