South Africa’s flawless opening 40 minutes delivered 45 points on the way to a 66-7 win in Turin, as Juventus’s home witnessed near-perfect rugby that left the Azzurri without a single dominant carry until the second half.
Here’s our five takeaways from the fixture.
The top line
This was always going to be a pretty steep mountain to climb at the foot of the Alps, as a Springbok 23 carrying around 1,000 caps started the second half of their Nations Championship campaign in Turin, but it’s fair to say nobody, not even the most diehard Bok fan, expected the climb to
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