Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu marked his first clash against the All Blacks with an excellent performance that saw the young playmaker named as SARugbymag.co.za readers’ standout performer at Ellis Park.

Facing the All Blacks for the first time in his career, Feinberg-Mngomezulu ran the backline with aplomb as the Springboks came from behind to win a thrilling Test on Saturday.

The 22-year-old kicked 16 points, including a 61m penalty, and made 64 metres with the ball, while also completing all seven of his tackle attempts.

In a poll after the final whistle, 29% of fans decided that Feinberg-Mngomezulu had the greatest influence for the Boks in the 31-27 victory.

Official Man of the Match, Pieter-Steph du Toit, earned 23% of the vote, while Jasper Wiese and Aphelele Fassi were both tied on 10%, closely followed by try-scoring supersub Kwagga Smith on 9%.

Who was your top Bok at Ellis Park?

10 Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu

28.75%

4 Pieter-Steph du Toit

23.30%

8 Jasper Wiese

10.16%

15 Aphelele Fassi

10.09%

21 Kwagga Smith

9.36%

5 Ruan Nortje

4.96%

12 Damian de Allende

3.95%

22 Grant Williams

1.68%

14 Cheslin Kolbe

1.57%

20 Elrigh Louw

1.50%

19 Eben Etzebeth

1.08%

13 Jesse Kriel

0.94%

2 Bongi Mbonambi

0.45%

16 Malcolm Marx

0.38%

17 Gerhard Steenekamp

0.35%

6 Siya Kolisi

0.31%

7 Ben-Jason Dixon

0.31%

1 Ox Nche

0.21%

23 Handre Pollard

0.21%

11 Kurt-Lee Arendse

0.17%

9 Cobus Reinach

0.14%

3 Frans Malherbe

0.10%

18 Vincent Koch

0.00%

Photo: Anton Geyser/Gallo Images

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