South Africa defeated England at home

The South Africans won clearly at Twickenham against a very tender Rose (27-13) fifteen men. A year before the World Cup in France (September 8 to October 28, 2023) the English have very few benchmarks.

South Africa thrashed Twickenham this Saturday, imparting a lesson in realism and skill to Ross’ fifteen. A week later A wonderful draw against the All Blacks (25-25), the English hoped to make this remake of the 2019 World Cup final a confirmation of a comeback. They failed in this ambition and Eddie Jones must be asking himself more questions than before the meeting.

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Stronger on impact, the Springboks quickly set the pace of the match with axial charges, allowing them to settle into the opposition camp. With a great drop, Damien Willemse turned this physical superiority into points (31, 3-6).

But South Africa didn’t just play in a steamroller register. With the English defense concentrated in the middle of the field, wide spaces opened up outside the box, which Kurt-Lee Arendse exploited brilliantly, and Willemse initiated a wonderful recovery to finish with a brutal framing of Marcus Smith (33, 3-11).

A red card without consequenceAfter the break, South Africa continued their push: Willemse added a new clinical drop (42, 3-17) and Eben Etzebath scored strongly in the middle of a frustrated English corps (50, 6-24). The Boks risked a footing when substitute Thomas du Toit dug his shoulder into the face of Luke Cowan-Dickie and was logically sent off (61st).

Finally, the English did not know how to take advantage of it: a week after a maddening comeback against the Blacks, Henry Slade made an effort to create a semblance of hope in the stands (71, 13-27). But the defeat leaves the Springboks in 14th place In Ireland (19-16) and so on In France (30-26), et al Great success in Italy (63-21), and they end their tour with an impressive win at the Temple of Rugby.

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