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Sluggish start for both sides. ABs run the same type of play they did last week with Dmac running the dummy on Kriel to keep him locked. They get the space wide but Love's pass to Carter is poor, low and into touch.
Boks from the lineout maul has to play, Reinach delays 5 steps before sending it to DDA, who is easily spot tackled by Jordie as the ABs not bothered by the Wiese and Arendse decoy runs close to the maul.
1:48 Wiese with a low momentum carry is driven 5m back, leaving the Boks in some disarray and prompting the high ball from Sacha at the next phase. Way too deep, Dmac marks, kicks out. Kolbe throws in quickly to Sacha who is tackled by Quinn. A borderline but imo fair tackle ruled high, penalty, Bok lineout. Wiese gets at the back, drives forward into the 22 aided by Hooker. Quick ball, Nortje beats the first tackle and makes 5 more meters, which ends up just too far for his support as Lakai is over him for the steal.
06:10 The AB now manufacture their first clear space wide. From the scrum Jordie at first receiver will feed Quinn who will occupy both Bok centers.
The AB backs maintain their offensive alignment to the left, prompting the Boks to shift that way. But Roigard goes right with the forwards, floating the cutout across the face of the first 3 Bok defenders straight to Aumua outside Ox, who releases Lakai for a 20m gain.
Reinach does well to rip the ball clear from Lakai in the Marx tackle and hacks ahead. Jordan gathers, is given some space by the Bok defense and cuts past Reinach and Hooker. He chips ahead but Kolbe on the cover gets to it first. A kick angled to the wide open space on the right might have yielded more reward, but who knows.
And that's a mouthful for just the first 7 minutes of a brilliant test.
