The Springboks recorded their first back-to-back win over the Wallabies in the professional era,
The Wallabies have lost to the Springboks 12-30 at a sodden Optus Stadium, but showed just enough promise in attack and defence to give some hope ahead of their upcoming trip to Argentina at the end of August
After receiving criticism for his performance in the first Test, Noah Lolesio responded emphatically: the playmaker was excellent in defence, in attack and with his kicking game. The Springboks’ Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu coughed up the perfect chance of a run-in try after dropping a pass from Cheslin Kolbe, who gobbled up a lightly chipped kick from Marika Koroibete.The Wallabies then immediately gave their opponents second chance for a try after centre Hunter Paisami inexplicably opted for a cross-field kick in his own half that was caught by winger Makazole Mapimpi.
Springboks coach Rassie Erasmus often uses the rugby pitch as a test laboratory for experiments, and he used Perth to test the extensive depth of his squad, making 10 alternations to his winning team from last week in Brisbane.
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