The Springboks were completely dominant with Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu getting two tries in a good outing.
The Springboks opened their five-match tour of the UK and Europe with a convincing 61-7 win against Japan at Wembley in London on Saturday.
The Boks dominated the game from start to finish and controlled every area of the match.
They scored eight tries with Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu and Kurt-Lee Arendse both getting two, and were also awarded a penalty try.
Siya Kolisi, Wilco Louw, Andre Esterhuizen and Jesse Kriel also scored tries.
The Boks lost Ox Nche to injury before half-time, which will be a concern. Ethan Hooker also left the field with a head knock in the second half.
The Boks will face a far tougher challenge next weekend, against France in Paris.
Below is The Citizen’s coverage of the game on Saturday.
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TEAMS
SPRINGBOKS – 15 Cheslin Kolbe, 14 Ethan Hooker, 13 Jesse Kriel, 12 Damian de Allende, 11 Kurt-Lee Arendse, 10 Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, 9 Cobus Reinach, 8 Jasper Wiese, 7 Franco Mostert, 6 Siya Kolisi (c), 5 Lood de Jager, 4 RG Snyman, 3 Zachary Porthen, 2 Malcolm Marx, 1 Ox Nche.
Bench: 16 Johan Grobbelaar, 17 Gerhard Steenekamp, 18 Wilco Louw, 19 Ruan Nortje, 20 André Esterhuizen, 21 Kwagga Smith, 22 Grant Williams, 23 Manie Libbok.
JAPAN – 15 Yoshitaka Yazaki, 14 Kippei Ishida, 13 Dylan Riley, 12 Charlie Lawrence, 11 Tomoki Osada, 10 Seungsin Lee, 9 Shinobu Fujiwara, 8 Michael Leitch, 7 Kanji Shimokawa, 6 Ben Gunter, 5 Warner Dearns (c), 4 Jack Cornelsen, 3 Shuhei Takeuchi, 2 Kenji Sato, 1 Kenta Kobayashi.
Bench: 16 Shodai Hirao, 17 Ryosuke Iwaihara, 18 Keijiro Tamefusa, 19 Tyler Paul, 20 Faulua Makisi, 21 Kenta Fukuda, 22 Sam Greene, 23 Tiennan Costley.
