Following the Springboks’ 45-21 victory over England at Ellis Park, here’s how we rated Rassie Erasmus’ charges.
Springboks player ratings v England
15 Damian Willemse: Celebrated his 50th Springboks appearance with a wonderful performance where he dominated the aerial game, threatened from the back and kicked superbly. His showing included a brilliant run leading to Thomas du Toit’s try, an outrageous 50:22 and several key interventions on defence. 9
14 Cheslin Kolbe: Skinned Cadan Murley to score on his 50th appearance for the Springboks and, like Willemse, was brilliant in the air. He also made some good reads in defence and
