Overview
- South Africa held on for a 42-28 win over Scotland at Loftus Versfeld on Saturday in a match that featured big momentum swings and a spell with the Boks down to 14 men.
- Replacement lock Ben-Jason Dixon was yellow-carded for direct head contact at a ruck and said he was upset by the decision after being sent to the sin bin.
- Dixon admitted his own performance suffered from fatigue, saying he was 'blowing', had been substituted twice, and could have played better.
- Dixon criticised defensive 'slackness' and said Scotland’s strong ball carriers exploited missed tackles, a problem the coaching staff will need to fix before facing Wales.
- Coach Rassie Erasmus’s rotated selections, Eben Etzebeth’s extended concussion layoff, Loftus’s altitude and a heavy Test block have exposed conditioning and depth questions the Boks are using the Nations Championship to assess.