The young guns hogged the pre-match headlines but when it came to biggest moments, in the gutters of the Allianz Stadium at Twickenham, it was the old boys Malcolm Marx and Pieter-Steph du Toit who led the charge to a historic first-ever Springboks back-to-back Castle Rugby Championship title, writes Mark Keohane.
Malcolm Marx scored his 25th and 26th Test tries. He was special for the sixty minutes he played. Tries, turnovers and tackles.
He also carried with presence and precision.
Cobus Reinach, 34 years-old and having returned to South Africa after several years in France to link