LONDON - South Africa centres Francois Venter and Ronhan Janse van Rensburg both scored late tries as the Springboks rescued a 31-31 draw with the Barbarians in their European tour opener at London's Wembley Stadium on Saturday. South Africa, with just three forwards from the pack that played in their record 57-15 defeat by New Zealand in Durban last month, were soon on level terms. Pat Lambie, captain of a South Africa side featuring nine uncapped players in the matchday 23, missed the conversion. South Africa, however, drew level four minutes later when, after Lambie had spurned a kickable penalty, blindside flanker Roelof Smit crossed from a close range line-out. Bu amid numerous replacements and after they had a score disallowed for a knock-on, the Barbarians regained the lead in the 55th minute.

Source: Bangkok Post November 05, 2016 18:45 UTC