All Blacks hand Springboks a lesson at Ellis Park
· The South African
The All Blacks took the lead in Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry’s four-Test series with a comprehensive win over the Springboks at Ellis Park in Johannesburg on Saturday.
New Zealand won 33-16 after South Africa led 13-12 at half-time.
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The 17-point win was the All Blacks’ biggest ever over the Springboks at Ellis Park and their seventh win out of 16 matches the two nations have contested at the venue.
Forgettable night
The All Blacks scored five tries to the Springboks’ lone five-pointer on a forgettable night for Rassie Erasmus’ men.
New Zealand scored tries through Will Jordan (2), Josh Moorby, Fabian Holland and Luke Jacobson. Ruben Love added four conversions.
The Springboks replied with a try by Andre Esterhuizen and a conversion and two penalties by Cheslin Kolbe.
The Springboks also lost their No 1 world ranking, slipping to second place behind the All Blacks.
The second Test will take place at the Cape Town Stadium in Cape Town on Saturday, 29 August.
Kick-off is at 17:10.
Teams
South Africa15 Damian Willemse, 14 Cheslin Kolbe, 13 Jesse Kriel, 12 Damian de Allende, 11 Kurt-Lee Arendse, 10 Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, 9 Grant Williams, 8 Jasper Wiese, 7 Pieter-Steph du Toit (captain), 6 Paul de Villiers, 5 Ruan Nortje, 4 Eben Etzebeth, 3 Wilco Louw, 2 Malcolm Marx, 1 Ox Nche
Replacements: 16 Jan-Hendrik Wessels, 17 Gerhard Steenekamp, 18 Zachary Porthen, 19 Cobus Wiese, 20 Andre Esterhuizen, 21 Marco van Staden, 22 Cobus Reinach, 23 Manie Libbok
New Zealand15 Damian McKenzie, 14 Will Jordan, 13 Quinn Tupaea, 12 Jordie Barrett, 11 Josh Moorby, 10 Ruben Love, 9 Cam Roigard, 8 Ardie Savea (captain), 7 Luke Jacobson, 6, Tupou Vaa’i, 5 Fabian Holland, 4, Josh Lord, 3 Tyrel Lomax, 2 Codie Taylor, 1 Ethan de Groot
Substitutes: 16 Asafo Aumua, 17 George Bower, 18 Fletcher Newell, 19 Simon Parker, 20 Peter Lakai, 21 Kyle Preston, 22 Anton Lienert-Brown, 23 Leroy Carter
Referee: Matthew Carley (England)
Assistant referees: Karl Dickson (England), Nika Amashukeli (Georgia)
TMO: Mike Adamson (Scotland)
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