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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 935 days ago

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

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JW 1 hour ago
Where is the new breed of All Black 10?

These kids have been playing in leagues comparable to SR, not the NPC

The likes of games these guys get introduced to are closer to NPC than SR.


This is the team Sam played with in his first Leinster game;

Ed BYRNE

Tadgh MCELROY

Tom CLARKSON

Alex SOROKA

Brian DEENY

James CULHANE

Will CONNORSE

Max DEEGAN

Nick MCCARTHY

Sam PRENDERGAST

Dave KEARNEY

Ben BROWNLEE

Liam TURNER

Tommy O'BRIEN

Chris COSGRAVE

It’s too short, not as competitive and there are (usually) no test players in that comp.

You’re talking about something else altogether, sure, I’m not saying people around the world want to watch the NPC, but locally its just the same with a large amount of internationals playing, even All Blacks.

The evidence the NPC is not on par is in the U20 WC. SH sides haven’t won it since 2017

You obviously have had very little exposure to New Zealand rugby. The NPC is made up all the Super Rugby players, plus the club battlers trying to get a gig. Far above u20 rugby level.

Guys like Attisogbe, Gazzotti and Louis BB were in those sides. They were Top14 regulars at the time and are test players now.

What you need to understand is that NZ rugby is not like France, basically the complete opposite. AB jerseys are not just handed out like that and there is very little room for u20 as every player in these squads is battling for an AB jersey basically. Super Rugby only has 5 teams, not 14. Sure, you can argue more exposure is better, but season length is not going to do that, you just have to get onboard with how NZ does it. They are the best after all.

NZ used to chuck talented youngsters in at the deep end in SR. Carter, McCaw and quite a few others from the 2011 and 2015 WC winning teams were in SR at 20, 21 and ABs a year later.

You are definitely star struck. I like it, reminds me of playing Championship Manager. It’s no different now, heard of Wallace Sititi, Peter Lakai, Noah Hotham? NZ was one of the youngest squads going around and a good number of 20/21 yo’s coming into SR each year.


You don’t want players under pressure at that age, hence what teams do in those comps I mentioned. NZ definitely takes that to a different level for 17/18 yo, and even younger, but when you hear what happens to them when you don’t, I think that’s the right path.

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