The Springboks continued their dominance after cruising to a commanding 73-0 victory over Wales on the Principality Stadium in Cardiff.
With their pack once more laying an excellent basis, the Boks merely had an excessive amount of firepower for the Welsh, and scored 11 tries within the Check.
Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu scored two tries and added 9 conversions for a private haul of 28 factors, however sadly Eben Etzebeth was pink carded for making contact with the eyes of a Welsh participant late within the recreation as tempers flared up.
The tries got here at common intervals and if it wasn’t for some overeagerness by the Boks, they may have led by extra on the break.
With their scrum once more setting the tone, three of the 4 tries got here from this part, with Ethan Hooker, Jasper Wiese, and Morne van den Berg all scoring from the again of very robust scrums.
Gerhard Steenekamp opened the scoring after a terrific assault by the Boks, who took the ball by quite a few phases within the Welsh 22 earlier than the prop crashed over for his second Check strive in his first begin for South Africa.
The Boks combined up their play within the second half, scoring numerous nice tries, with Wilco Louw over for his second Check strive after some relentless stress from the Boks near the Welsh tryline.
Feinberg-Mngomezulu, who landed all 4 conversions within the first half, added the extras to make it 35-0 after 44 minutes.
Three minutes later, a second of brilliance from Feinberg-Mngomezulu, who took at fast faucet penalty, accelerated into a spot and scored, earlier than he transformed, made it 42-0 for the guests, who had been clearly shifting to the next gear.
Then Canan Moodie scored after hacking forward a free ball and outpacing the Welsh defence for a 49-0 lead after as many minutes.
Rassie Erasmus then despatched on the Bomb Squad because the Bok coach emptied the bench in a single go and shortly thereafter, Andre Esterhuizen scored the guests’ eighth strive within the nook after extra enterprising assault within the Welsh half. Feinberg-Mngomezulu missed the conversion – his first of the match – however South Africa led 54-0 after 54 minutes.
Feinberg-Mngomezulu then scored his second strive of the match earlier than Ruan Nortje grabbed his first five-pointer in his 18th Check after extra relentless energy play by the guests and after the 2 profitable conversions, the Boks led by 68-0 with 10 minutes to go.
Etzebeth scored the final strive, not lengthy earlier than he obtained his marching orders, however that was sufficient for the Boks for his or her greatest win of the season.
Wales (0)
Springboks (28) – Tries: Gerhard Steenekamp, Ethan Hooker, Jasper Wiese, Morne van den Berg. Conversions: Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu (4).
Issued by SA Rugby Communications
