\u201cWe have worked hard and we have got a bit of confidence, but we are still building. Credit to the boys that they stuck in there, and the bench really added value.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe had a bit of a slow start and the Boks started really fast, but we kinda knew that they would come at us hard.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt is such a special moment, it is a tough ask to come here and play the world champions. We will gain a lot of confidence from this result.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt will be another tough game next weekend (in Cape Town) and we will prepare hard. The Springboks are hurting and will want revenge.\u201d<\/p>\n
Australia flanker and man of the match Fraser McReight said: \u201cWe are euphoric. We spoke about not having won here since 1963, but we had quiet confidence and are building something special.<\/p>\n
\u201cSouth Africa are an unbelievable team and what an atmosphere here. We are just stoked to be to able to come back and win. I just tried to do my bit, but there is still plenty to work on.\u201d<\/p>\n
South Africa captain Siya Kolisi, a flanker playing at No 8 for the first time in a 94-Test career, said: \u201cThe things we worked on, like discipline and the breakdown, they did not work.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe let ourselves down and it was unacceptable the way we performed, especially after a start like that.<\/p>\n
\u201cYes, there were errors, but it was the breakdown — we would get into their 22 and they would steal the ball.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe took our foot off while they kept on fighting. We are not proud of that performance today.<\/p>\n
\u201cWe will lift ourselves up and fight again next week. Whoever gets the opportunity to play must take it. Thank you to our supporters and sorry for the performance.\u201d<\/p>\n
Record four-time Rugby World Cup winners South Africa were unstoppable in the early stages on a grey evening at Ellis Park with scrum-half Grant Williams playing a key role.<\/p>\n
His perfectly weighted box kicks allowed the Springboks to establish an aerial advantage and the power of the forwards had the visitors reeling.<\/p>\n
When Kolisi crossed for the third try it was hard to imagine what was to follow in the first game of the southern hemisphere championship season.<\/p>\n
The first hint that a stunning revival was imminent came on 29 minutes when Pietsch scored. He was forced to retire injured soon after following a collision with Kolisi.<\/p>\n
Australia dominated the second half, helped by endless basic errors from South Africa. When Wilson scored his second try on 64 minutes, Australia took a 24-22 lead.<\/p>\n
The Springboks were let down by a lack of pace and by missed tackles on defence in the closing stages. Jorgensen and Wright took advantage to end a run of seven straight Wallaby losses in Johannesburg.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"\u201cWe have worked hard and we have got a bit of confidence, but we are still building. Credit…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":73268,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[567],"tags":[4891,57061,6074,64,63,9659,9663,55138,57055,45884,16804,57062,57060,760,57057,8080,85,2995,57059,57054,319,57058,2500,57056],"class_list":["post-73267","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-rugby","tag-4891","tag-57061","tag-africa","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-captain","tag-championship","tag-comeback","tag-harry","tag-johannesburg","tag-open","tag-opener","tag-remarkable","tag-rugby","tag-scored","tag-south","tag-sports","tag-springboks","tag-staged","tag-stun","tag-to","tag-tries","tag-wallabies","tag-wilson"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73267"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73267\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}