Category: New Zealand Rugby

• Springboks close on Rugby Championship title
• Scott Robertson’s side have lost three out of four Tests

Siya Kolisi and Malcolm Marx scored tries as South Africa recorded a fourth win in a row against New Zealand for the first time in 75 years with an 18-12 Rugby Championship victory in Cape Town on Saturday.

It was a high-octane encounter full of energy and endeavour in front of a fervent crowd of 55,000, but both sides committed numerous errors that stunted their momentum.

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• South Africa 31-27 New Zealand
• Six kicks for Feinberg-Mngomezulu; late tries turn game

South Africa scored two late tries to come back from a 10-point deficit and edge out New Zealand 31-27 in a bruising Rugby Championship clash at Ellis Park in Johannesburg that came close to matching the intensity of last year’s World Cup final.

The All Blacks outscored their hosts by four tries to three but the boot of the new Springbok fly-half, Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, proved the difference as he contributed 16 points in the first meeting between the teams since October’s Paris clash, which South Africa won 12-11.

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