South Africa\u2019s end-of-year tour began with a statement win at Wembley, but the sight of Ox Nch\u00e9 hobbling off early took some gloss off a commanding 61\u20137 demolition of Japan.<\/p>\n
Rassie Erasmus\u2019 world champions were ruthless from the outset, their trademark set-piece dominance and ferocious line speed overwhelming Eddie Jones\u2019 men. Siya Kolisi<\/a> powered over from a maul inside four minutes, setting the tone for an afternoon that was largely one-way traffic.<\/p>\n Fly-half Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu<\/a> was outstanding in wet conditions, scoring twice in the opening quarter \u2014 the first a clever kick-and-chase, the second a sharp step and acceleration through Japan\u2019s midfield. But moments later, Nch\u00e9 concernly left the field clutching his lower leg in the 19th minute.<\/p>\n The loosehead will undergo assessment ahead of next week\u2019s Test against France<\/a> in Paris.<\/p>\n Despite the disruption, the Boks\u2019 forward dominance continued. A penalty try on 35 minutes, after Japan<\/a> collapsed a maul, saw prop Shuhei Takeuchi<\/a> shown a yellow card.<\/p>\n The Boks led 26\u20130 at half-time and never looked troubled.<\/p>\n Ben Gunter\u2019s sin-bin for a high tackle on Kolisi shortly after the break summed up Japan\u2019s afternoon, as Wilco Louw<\/a> crashed over moments later for his first Test try. Feinberg-Mngomezulu again played a key role in the build-up before handing the reins to Manie Libbok.<\/p>\n Japan\u2019s only reply came in the 52nd minute when full-back Yoshitaka Yazaki<\/a> caught the Bok defence off guard with a quick tap and finish. It was a brief flicker of resistance before the world champions pressed down hard on the accelerator.<\/p>\n Andre Esterhuizen bulldozed over on 63 minutes, while Kurt-Lee Arendse<\/a> added two clinical finishes, the second after a dazzling Cheslin Kolbe<\/a> break. Arendse later turned provider for Jesse Kriel\u2019s late score to complete the rout.<\/p>\n Arendse deservedly took the man-of-the-match honours after his brace and an assist in a devastating performance out wide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"South Africa\u2019s end-of-year tour began with a statement win at Wembley, but the sight of Ox Nch\u00e9 hobbling…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":113922,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[42,43,40,38,41,39],"class_list":{"0":"post-113921","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-headlines","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-top-news","11":"tag-top-stories","12":"tag-topnews","13":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113921","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113921"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113921\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/113922"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113921"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113921"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113921"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}