Boks captain Siya Kolisi won a 100th cap as he led the team on to the field.
Siya Kolisi can celebrate his 100th Test with a victory after the Springboks beat France 32-17 in a pulsating Test in Paris on Saturday night.
The Boks turned on the style in the second half, after being reduced to 14 men following a red card shown to Lood de Jager before half-time for a dangerous clean out.
But the Boks upped the tempo and delivered an incredible performance after being out-played in the first half and trailing 14-13 at the break.
Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu delivered another strong performance, including scoring a late try, while Grant Williams also scored in the second half, as did Andre Esterhuizen. Cobus Reinach got his team’s first try in the first half, after a darting run, chip, chase and collect.
France, who dominated much of the territory and possession, managed to score only a penalty in the second half.
The Boks next face Italy next weekend, after the Azzurri shocked Australia on Saturday.
Below is The Citizen’s coverage of the match from Stade de France.
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TEAMS
France: Thomas Ramos, 14 Damian Penaud, 13 Pierre-Louis Barassi, 12 Gaël Fickou (c), 11 Louis Bielle-Biarrey, 10 Romain Ntamack, 9 Nolann Le Garrec, 8 Mickaël Guillard, 7 Paul Boudehent, 6 Anthony Jelonch, 5 Emmanuel Meafou, 4 Thibaud Flament, 3 Régis Montagne, 2 Julien Marchand, 1 Baptiste Erdocio. Bench: 16 Guillaume Cramont, 17 Jean-Baptiste Gros, 18 Dorian Aldegheri, 19 Romain Taofifénua, 20 Hugo Auradou, 21 Oscar Jegou, 22 Maxime Lucu, 23 Nicolas Depoortere
SA: 15 Damian Willemse, 14 Cheslin Kolbe, 13 Jesse Kriel, 12 Damian de Allende, 11 Kurt-Lee Arendse, 10 Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, 9 Cobus Reinach, 8 Jasper Wiese, 7 Pieter-Steph du Toit, 6 Siya Kolisi (c), 5 Lood de Jager, 4 Eben Etzebeth, 3 Thomas du Toit, 2 Malcolm Marx, 1 Boan Venter. Bench: 16 Johan Grobbelaar, 17 Gerhard Steenekamp, 18 Wilco Louw, 19 RG Snyman, 20 Ruan Nortje, 21 Andre Esterhuizen, 22 Grant Williams, 23 Manie Libbok.