Scotland fall to South Africa in bruising World Cup openerAnthony Brown, PA, MarseilleScotland suffered a demoralising start to their World Cup campaign as world champions South Africa squeezed the life out of them in Marseille. Libbok doubled the Boks’ lead to six points shortly afterwards with another penalty after Sione Tuipulotu failed to release. South Africa got their first try of the match in the 47th minute when Du Toit pushed over on the left after a sustained spell of pressure. Thing got worse for the Scots four minutes later when Arendse ran in to touch down in the right corner after a lovely cross-field kick from Libbok set him free. Scotland have made a habit in recent times of mounting impressive fightbacks, but this time they were unable to find a way of breaching the obdurate Boks.

Source: Irish Independent September 11, 2023 06:21 UTC