Cape Town – All Blacks coach Steve Hansen and captain Kieran Read, perhaps almost embarrassed by the one-sidedness of the Durban Test, stuck largely to polite, diplomatic platitudes in their responses to the Springboks’ plight. But back in New Zealand, the local media was rather less merciful over South Africa’s 57-15 and nine-tries-to-nil capitulation on Saturday. Their spirit was broken. The first was “champion Springbok wing Bryan Habana playing like an exhibit” and the other “years of SA rugby magnificence going down the gurgler”. But Rattue did spare some praise for Tendai Mtawarira and Vincent Koch, the starting props at Kings Park, saying that “the scrum was about the only thing South Africa could rely on”.

Source: Otago Daily Times October 10, 2016 12:00 UTC