The USA had been first to attain after the Blitzboks had been penalised in their very own half from the kickoff, however Reynders pounced a couple of minutes later after an excellent spell of assault by the South Africans, with Tristan Leyds changing from huge out.
Duarttee then added his title to the scoresheet shortly earlier than the break, cleverly breaking across the blind aspect from an attacking ruck, earlier than including to extras to provide the Blitzboks a 14-5 lead on the finish of the first-half.
USA’s Lucas Lacamp scored and transformed with three minutes left because the South Africans gave away a string of penalties, however the Blitzboks’ defence held agency as they ran out the clock.
Towards the Aussies, Tristan Leyds scored twice inside the primary 5 minutes, and transformed each, to provide the Blitzboks a useful 14-0 lead as they once more confirmed nice endurance on assault and stored the errors to a minimal.
Siviwe Soyizwapi was then proven a yellow card for a excessive sort out, however the Blitzboks stored the Aussies at again and when “Shakes” returned from the sin bin, he was ready on the left wing to attain their third strive from an excellent turnover on the Australian strive line.
When Selvyn Davids waltzed by for the Blitzboks’ fourth strive halfway by the second half, with Duarttee changing, the writing was on the wall.
Australia pulled one again with slightly below three minutes to go, however the Blitzboks once more took management of the conflict. David Brits was denied within the nook on the loss of life earlier than Duarttee received one other ruck penalty to seal the deal.
Scorers:
South Africa 14 (14) USA 12 (5)
SA — Tries: Zander Reynders, Ricardo Duarttee. Conversions: Tristan Leyds, Duarttee.
USA — Tries: Jacob Broselle, Lucas Lacamp. Conversion: Lacamp.
South Africa 26 (19), Australia 7 (0)
SA — Tries: Tristan Leyds (2), Siviwe Soyizwapi, Selvyn Davids. Conversions: Leyds (2), Ricardo Duartee.
Australia — Attempt: Josh Turner. Conversion: Ben Dowling.
-SA Rugby
