The Boks are now back in the race for this year's Rugby Championship title after scoring a famous win in Wellington.
The Springboks scored six tries — five of them in the second half — to smash the All Blacks 43-10 in a sensational performance in a Rugby Championship Test in Wellington on Saturday.
The win comes a week after the Boks went down 24-17 in Auckland.
Rassie Erasmus’ team dominated from start to finish and scored six sensational tries for a record margin victory of 33 points. The Boks won the second half 36-0, keeping the All Blacks scoreless. It was their biggest ever defeat.
The South Africans’ chances of retaining the Rugby Championship trophy, after winning it last year, remain intact. All four teams in the competition have now won two and lost two games, with two to go.
The Bok team showed several changes from the side that lost at Eden Park and were then further disrupted with early injuries to Lood de Jager, Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, and later on, Aphelele Fassi.
While the All Blacks scored first through debutant Leroy Carter, the Boks hit back with a first half try by Cheslin Kolbe, who intercepted an All Blacks pass to run in from distance and then in the second half the world champions scored further tries by Kolbe, Damian Willemse, Kwagga Smith, RG Snyman and Andre Esterhuizen. Manie Libbok kicked six out of seven shots at goal.
The Boks enjoyed superiority in the territory department and made the most of the chances they created, especially in the second half.
Every Bok player delivered a standout performance, but Willemse was especially good at inside centre, Ethan Hooker was brilliant out wide, while Libbok, Esterhuizen and Snyman enjoyed great outings from off the bench.
Pieter-Steph du Toit and Siya Kolisi were also outstanding in the forwards, with Jasper Wiese and Ruan Nortje not far behind.
Below is how The Citizen covered the match.
TEAMS
All Blacks: Damian McKenzie, Will Jordan, Billy Proctor, Jordie Barrett (vice-captain), Leroy Carter, Beauden Barrett, Noah Hotham, Wallace Sititi, Ardie Savea (vice-captain), Simon Parker, Tupou Vaa’i, Scott Barrett (capt), Tyrel Lomax, Samisoni Taukei’aho, Ethan de Groot. Bench: Brodie McAlister, Tamaiti Williams, Fletcher Newell, Fabian Holland, Du’Plessis Kirifi, Finlay Christie, Quinn Tupaea, Ruben Love.
Springboks: Aphelele Fassi, Cheslin Kolbe, Canan Moodie, Damian Willemse, Ethan Hooker, Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, Cobus Reinach, Jasper Wiese, Pieter-Steph du Toit, Siya Kolisi (capt), Ruan Nortje, Lood de Jager, Thomas du Toit, Malcolm Marx, Ox Nche. Bench: Marnus van der Merwe, Jan-Hendrik Wessels, Wilco Louw, RG Snyman, Kwagga Smith, Grant Williams, Manie Libbok, Andre Esterhuizen
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