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Rassie and the Springboks unlock new level: total rugby
['Editorial Staff']
The Citizen
Saturday’s 67-30 drubbing of Argentina by the Springboks in Durban was when Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu announced himself to the world as contender for the best flyhalf in the game at the moment.
In racking up 37 points, he eclipsed Percy Montgomery’s long-standing record for the most points scored by an individual in a Springbok match.
And while Feinberg-Mngomezulu deservedly took the man-of-the-match award, it was the overall Bok performance which one overseas commentator called “ominous” for the other teams in the Rugby Championship.
Eben Etzebeth – with a disallowed try – and Pieter-Steph du Toit (with two tries) showed there’s plenty of life left in the veterans.
That same rugby expert believes Rassie Erasmus and the Boks may have just “unlocked” a new level in the game: total rugby.