England talk themselves into a fight and the Springboks finish it, but it is a fight well worth the admission fee at Ellis Park for the 4th of July fireworks and the start of the inaugural Nations Championship.
England always arrive in South Africa believing they have solved the Springbok puzzle. And South Africa always respond with the same brutal reminder. The tight five do the beating; and the back three finish it off.
It was true in 1984. It was true in 2007. It was true in 2012. It was true in 2018.
It was true in Japan in 2019 when the Springboks physically dismantled England in
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