South Africa: South Africa maul Australia in Brisbane to set up Rugby Championship title challenge

Not even losing two key players before kickoff, and three yellow cards in the match, could derail a good, at times even excellent, Springbok performance in Brisbane, as they thrashed the Wallabies 33-7 at Lang Park. 

Lock RG Snyman had been under an unspecified “injury niggle” despite being named in the squad. Coach Rassie Erasmus confirmed that Ruan Nortje was on standby to start. 

By Friday, it emerged that Snyman would not make the team and Nortje was elevated to the starting…