Fly-half: Elton Jantjies: 4.5
“Little that was too glaringly wrong … but just such a callow-looking figure again in a spot that requires a reassuring “general”. Not an ideal northern-hemisphere pivot, and it showed.”
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Scrum-half: Ross Cronje: 4
“Ouch … harrowing outing against big, wily opposite number Conor Murray. Tactical kicking near-awful: tended to either undercook or overdo them, and on this showing Boks will need to reconsider the nine shirt.”
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Number 8: Francois Louw: 5.5
“CJ Stander almost undoubtedly looked more comfortable in the No 8 berth, for the winning cause. That said, Louw again tried hard as a “fish out of water”.”
Flanker: Pieter-Steph du Toit: 6
“Got around gallantly, often arriving to arrest trouble at crisis times.”
Flanker: Siya Kolisi: 4
“Has been so good at open-side for much of 2017 … but regrettably this was a near-shocker for him.”