Australia fared better in the physical contest than last week but rarely threatened Springboks try line
Fullback Aphelele Fassi and flanker Marco van Staden both scored tries and hooker Malcolm Marx crossed twice in the second half as a much-changed Springboks side backed up their far more convincing victory over the Wallabies last Saturday.
“The Wallabies are a quality outfit and I think the guys really played well tonight, and last week of course.” It was Australia's turn to spill the ball at the breakdown in the 17th minute and the visitors pounced to score the opening try of the game on the counter-attack. Van Staden went over the line from a rolling maul three minutes after the restart but Lolesio's fourth successful penalty cut the lead back to 18-12 after 47 minutes.
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