South Africa Beat Scotland 42-28 in Rugby Nations Championship

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South Africa 42-28 Scotland

Scots run in four tries to earn bonus point

A breathless match, all the more so given the thin air of Pretoria, but South Africa march on with another full house of points. Scotland were brilliant in scoring their four tries, their pace and skill regularly making mugs of their hosts, but power remains the thing the Springboks do better than anyone. At this altitude, it is very hard to stop.

The hosts were unanswerable in the middle of each half, scoring five of their six tries around then, but Scotland scored two apiece in the second and fourth quarters. They were within sight of a losing bonus point with 10 minutes to go, but Jesse Kriel’s late score meant they had to settle for one.

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