The echoing soundtrack in this cavernous stadium after this long awaited series finally got going last night, was one of a thousand hits.
Finally masks and gloves came off as the Springboks and the British & Irish unrelentingly tore into each other.
They deprived the Springboks' possession, mauled and scrummed with greater intent but crucially too, their kicking game had the Boks jumping more in hope than expectation. If the Bok game displayed hallmarks of their experience in Japan in the first half it certainly did not in the second. At the RWC they were able to inexorably suffocate the life out of their opponents but this time they bombed in the second half.
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