If you missed it, you might assume that the Springboks monstered their Scottish counterparts with another brutal display of Bomb Squad powered brutality. And to a degree, you’d be right.
Scotland player ratings: Scotland slipped to a ninth successive defeat against South Africa, and a fourth under Gregor Townsend, as the world champions proved too strong at Murrayfield.
Let’s start with the glaring caveat: Rassie Erasmus knows a thing or two about rugby. He’s on track to retire as the most decorated and accomplished coach in the sport’s history...
South Africa's phenomenal depth and conveyor belt of muscular titans makes this a question worth asking.
The back-to-back Rugby World Cup champions had already lost Jan-Hendrik Wessels and Damian Willemse for the November tour to Scotland, England and Wales, replacing them with Johan Grobbelaar and Cameron Hanekom.
.Munster suffered a third successive defeat in the United Rugby Championship after losing 41-24 to Sharks in Durban.
Former Junior Springbok captain and Sharks loose forward George Cronje has reportedly retired from professional rugby at the age of 23 due to persistent knee injuries.
Champions Glasgow saw their three-game winning run in the United Rugby Championship come to an end after a 28-24 defeat against a star-studded Sharks in Durban.