Nick Mallett insisted that the Springboks could not have produced a better first-half performance in their victory over Italy.
South Africa hammered the Azzurri 66-7 in the Nations Championship on Saturday and it was set up by their display in the opening period.
They utterly dominated the injury-stricken hosts and went at over a point a minute by taking a 45-0 advantage into the interval.
Italy barely had the ball as the Boks touched down six times through Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, Morne van den Berg, Malcolm Marx (twice), Siya Kolisi and Damian Willemse.
‘Very, very impressive’ first half by the Springboks
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