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South Africa 43 Wales 17
Peter de Villiers got his Springbok coaching career off to a dream start with a comprehensive win over the Six Nations champions in Bloemfontein on Saturday.
South Africa were far from their best, but still showed a willingness to keep the ball alive and offload in the tackle. The most reassuring feature of the win was the fact that all Peter de Villiers' selections seemed to pay off and repay the faith shown in them.
The decision to recall captain John Smit was possibly the most significant selection of all with the former Sharks man rampant when used as a ball runner in broken play.
The Springboks played a clinical first forty minutes as Butch James kicked five penalties and converted Conrad Jantjes' try to put the Boks into a 22-10 lead at the break.
John Smit's men hardly put a foot wrong in the first period despite...........
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