Scotland threw everything at this match but South Africa ran in four tries to claim a 32-15 victory
Not much arguing with this. Scotland threw everything at this match, setting their beloved stadium on a roar time and again, but four tries to none tells its own story. And a familiar one at that. South Africa, without ever really seeming to play much more than within themselves, were just too strong.
Those who think these 20-minute red cards are going to unleash wave after wave of lawlessness, as cynical coaches instruct their players to infringe at will, should be consoled at least by the fact that it looks as if these half-fat reds are going to be issued more often than the full-fat versions were. It is difficult to imagine Cummings’s “crime” would have attracted the ultimate sanction in only the 11th minute were we still under the old system.
Moments earlier, South Africa had retaken the lead with an outlandish try. Bongi Mbonambi had been struggling at the lineout already when he could not quite find Mostert at an attacking set piece just inside Scotland’s 22. But the loose ball fell to Thomas du Toit, and the Springbok prop found himself with a gentle stroll to the line.
Russell cut it back to seven only a few minutes into the second half, following a rare Springbok infringement at the scrum. Within another couple of minutes, South Africa had unloaded all seven of the forwards on their bench, but this seemed only to inspire Scotland.
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