South Africa 30-22 Australia: Springboks bounce again from opening Rugby Championship defeat

South Africa bounced again from defeat to Australia in final week’s Rugby Championship opener with a battling 30-22 victory over the Wallabies in rain-soaked Cape City.

The boot of Handre Pollard proved decisive because the 31-year-old kicked 15 factors, made up of three penalty objectives and three conversions.

Canan Moodie, Kwagga Smith and Eben Etzebeth went over for the world champions, who blew a 22-0 result in lose 38-22 in Johannesburg final outing.

“Typically it is nearly getting again on the horse,” mentioned head coach Rassie Erasmus.

“I do not assume this was an awesome efficiency, however after we lose a sport everyone begins analysing the squad and the eagerness of the followers comes by. So I believe given the type of stress we had been beneath this weekend, we did effectively.

“We needed to look one another within the eye and we bought the stability between kicking and operating higher. There’s at all times stress at house, so for me, bouncing again after final week was necessary.”

Australia additionally scored three tries by Corey Toole, Max Jorgensen and Brandon Paenga-Amosa however had been unable to copy final weekend’s gorgeous comeback.

They got here near a shedding bonus level, however James O’Connor missed two penalty makes an attempt within the last jiffy. It means the Wallabies sit second within the desk with 5 factors from two matches.

“It was an awesome bodily battle on the market and I’m tremendous pleased with my boys. We fought proper to the tip,” mentioned Australia captain Fraser McReight.

“It has been a troublesome two weeks over right here. There have been a couple of moments the place if we bought the ball again our means, the consequence might have been completely different. However that’s the great thing about rugby.”

South Africa sit third on 4 factors and can head to leaders New Zealand subsequent, needing a minimum of one win in two matches towards the All Blacks if they’re to have an opportunity of defending their title.