TOPS
The Bulls winger, who challenged Toulouse last season in the Champions Cup, was able to make his opportunism speak by planting three tries this Saturday, in Pretoria, during South Africa’s victory over Australia. In the right place at the right time, he also showed the extent of his speed and support through his acceleration and his sense of the game. But with a 10th try in 8 caps, it’s not all about opportunism but talented. Throughout the meeting he was always dangerous, he who was often in the game on the best occasions of his team.
Much more relentless in the duels, the Springboks largely dominated their vis-à-vis, especially on the ground. In scratches they have been sovereign, very often confiscating possession from the Australians. And even offensively, the permanent supports on the ground prevented the Wallabies from coming into contact to try to answer a team so robust and well organized in each compartment of the game. On each ball and each offensive, the Australians never knew how to stop the physical strength of Jacques Nienaber’s men. This South African team is a machine well launched towards the World Cup, where it will be difficult to worry.
FLOPS
The former Montpellier scrum-half did not exist and missed the opportunity to set the pace for his side. Usual metronome, his kicking game never weighed, even making a few mistakes along the way. His frustration was often read on his face as to the impotence of his team against the green armada opposite, he who left in the 59th minute. His vis-à-vis Cobus Reinach (Montpellier) was far superior in the duel of numbers 9.
Apart from Arendse’s three tries and Du Toit’s, Australia conceded two penalty tries after two gross errors. The first of hooker Dave Porecki, guilty of having collapsed a maul in front of his line, causing a penalty try and his own yellow card. The same goes for winger Suliasi Vunivalu who made a voluntary forward just in front of Arendse preventing the latter from scoring a fourth personal try.
