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Springboks player ratings vs New Zealand | The Rugby Championship

Malcolm Marx of South Africa during The Rugby Championship match between South Africa and New Zealand at Mbombela Stadium on August 06, 2022 in Nelspruit, South Africa. (Photo by Dirk Kotze/Gallo Images/Getty Images)

South Africa started their Rugby Championship campaign with a commanding 26-10 win over a hapless New Zealand in Nelspruit on Saturday.

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Physically dominating the All Blacks from the outset, the Springboks slowly built a lead and the final margin is indeed an accurate reflection of the game.

The Boks showed some enterprise on attack, with more variation in their game.

However, it was their kicking game that really troubled the visitors at the Mbombela stadium.

Jan de Koning rates the South African players!

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15 Damian Willemse – 7
Showed great variation in his game – running the first couple of times and when All Black defence came up, looked for space behind them with the boot. He was also solid at the back, but got a bit too cheeky and earned a warning from referee for ‘pushing’ players.

14 Kurt-lee Arendse – 7
Showed his great aerial skills. Started with a brilliant kick-chase that resulted in the first try and continued to dominate in the air. Dealt very well with Caleb Clarke on defence, but spoilt it with a poor tackle in the air that resulted in a red card and being taken from the field on a mobile stretcher.

13 Lukhanyo Am – 7
Sublime off-load for the first try and made two really impressive runs. Won a couple of great penalty turnovers, making all but two of his tackles.

12 Damian de Allende – 6
Conceded a silly penalty for encroaching on the advantage line before the ball was out of the scrums, but carried manfully and made seven tackles.

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11 Makazole Mapimpi – 6
Sublime kick and collect that won a penalty for SA and chasing hard all game, but missed a couple of tackles and conceded two turnovers.

10 Handre Pollard – 7
Missing touch with a penalty, but overall a much-improved performance that included a great goal-kicking display and a crucial drop-goal.

9 Francois De Klerk – NA
Shot out of the line twice in the opening 40 seconds, the second time his head making contact with the knee of Caleb Clarke – knocking him out cold and ending his match.

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8 Jasper Wiese – 7
Plenty of impressive carries and solid on defence – making A MATCH-HIGH 14 tackles. hE gave away a silly breakdown penalty, but overall it was the kind of performance that could cement his spot in the Bok starting XV.

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7 Pieter-Steph du Toit – 6
His impressive work rate off the ball and on defence, with a 90 percent tackle completion percentage.

6 Siya Kolisi – 8
Great breakdown work, attending rucks at a higher rate than usual. At times he played more like a blindside flank. His tackle count – with a 100 percent completion rate – also went into double figures.

5 Lood de Jager – 7
Worked very hard on defence and was a tower of strength in the set pieces. Did lose the ball in contact early in the second half, but a commendable performance.

4 Eben Etzebeth – 6
Quiet by his usual high standards – with very little reward for his eight carries and a couple of missed tackles. There was a great line-out steal.

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3 Frans Malherbe – 5
Solid in the set pieces, but his work rate needs improving. Made only a handful of tackles and a couple of ineffective carries.

2 Malcolm Marx – 9
Had another powerful game to mark his 50th cap, even though it was not flawless – a deserved Man of the Match outing. His ball control may not always have been clinical enough at times and also failed to find his jumper early on. However, he made up for it by making all his tackles and winning five breakdown penalties.

1 Trevor Nyakane – 6
Started with a powerful scrum that won a penalty and won a couple more set-piece penalties. However, then conceded a scrum penalty later. Made six tackles and was subbed in the 39th minute after he clearly ran out of puff.

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16 Mbongeni Mbonambi – 5
Some good endeavour, but missed as many tackles as he made. Not the way to win back a starting spot.

17 Steven Kitshoff – 7
Won a couple of turnovers in the second half, made eight tackles and stood solid in the set pieces.

18 Vincent Koch – 6
Looked to bring some energy in his stint, missing just one tackle and had a couple of determined carries.

19 Salmaan Moerat – NA
Not enough time to be rated.

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20 Franco Mostert – 6
Working hard off the ball, getting into good defensive positions and working hard at the breakdown.

21 Kwagga Smith – 8
Very busy on defence, making some great cover tackles. Also a couple of impressive carries. A real impact off the bench.

22 Jaden Hendrikse – 8
Varied his game well, asking different questions. His basics were rock solid and his kicks out of hand also from the top shelve.

23 Willie le Roux – NA
Sneaked onto the field in the last minute and his only action was to score the try that sealed the game by showing great anticipation. However, not enough time to be rated.

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Snash 934 days ago

DdA's biggest blunder was not putting Mapimpi away via Am when they had a clear overlap

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As an occasional journalist (although politics) I have an eye for sentiment in media. Almost every broadcast I heard, at worst were at pains to be careful to be considerate and at best were remarkably respectful. I read a few articles in Irish papers of record even supply researched articles into how aspects of the Irish system could be applied in Wales and which would be unsuitable. In short I have never experienced a build up to a 6 nations match where one sides media and pundits showed as much respect to another. Every country will have a broadcast which takes the p1ss. Thats not news. If that is the bar then every country has been a ‘national embarrassment’ before every match. Your substantiation for believing Ireland (in particular) is a national embarrassment is therefore unclear.

Why do I read the Daily Telegraph? I read many rugby articles, and related articles in Daily Telegraph and The Times to get different perspectives. You might as well ask why listen to ‘Off The Ball’ and place such an importance to it that a joke in it is a national embarrassment?

I don’t speak for you, but equivalently you don’t get to declare a joke as a ‘national embarrassment’ without substantiation.


The issue was not the joke, thatw as nothing. It was the noise made by ‘outraged’ British and Irish media who were cynically cashing in on it.


Yesterday WalesOnline continued their decades long extreme bias against Irish rugby by attacking Dan Sheehan and the Irish team saying they “laughed at the whinging Irish” when Sheehan brought up issues with how the scrum were adjudicated.

This comment was not made in jest. Do you consider this a national embarrassment? Should we attack all Welsh rugby fans and media for tolerating these continuous quasi zenophobic attack on Irish rugby and fans? Nah, didn’t think so.

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