The Springboks have beaten the All Blacks 29–24 at FNB Stadium — and somehow this extraordinary series has produced another classic.
New Zealand started at frightening speed. The Boks lost Cheslin Kolbe early. The All Blacks threatened from everywhere. But South Africa stayed alive, turned the screw at scrum time and eventually found the tries they had been missing in the second halves of the first two Tests.
Xola Ntshinga and Simnikiwe Xabanisa unpack the match: the Bok scrum, the penalty try, Will Jordan’s brilliance, Jesse Kriel’s immediate response, Malcolm Marx and the rolling maul, Manie Libbok’s impact and another performance from Ethan Hooker that suggests the youngster is very much at home in Test rugby.
And then there’s Baltimore.
The two teams now head to the United States for one final collision — with injuries mounting, selection questions everywhere and a wonderfully stupid argument waiting for us if New Zealand make it 2–2:
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