South Africa underlined their World Champion status by overpowering New Zealand to go 2-1 up in Rugby’s Greatest Rivalry Series.
The Springboks came from behind to beat the All Blacks 29-24 at the FNB Stadium in Soweto on Saturday.
There’s still one match left in the series – in Baltimore in the U.S next Saturday – but this was the one that mattered most.
With the victory, the Springboks basically won the series played on South African soil.
And it was sweet revenge after Sean Fitzpatrick’s All Blacks team was victorious in the last series played between these two nations in 1996 – New Zealand’s first and only series win in South Africa to date.
