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South Africa 18-3 ScotlandJesse Kriel escapes punishment for upright tackleScotland gave it everything but South Africa are not the defending world champions by accident. Having wobbled slightly in the opening 40 minutes, the Springboks tightened up significantly after the interval to secure a key victory in Pool B courtesy of two tries inside four minutes from Pieter-Steph du Toit and Kurt-Lee Arendse.For a brief moment Scotland were threatening to register a famous win, trotting in at half-time just 6-3 down having applied some genuine pressure to the South African scrum. Dreams of a first Scottish victory against the Boks outside Scotland, however, were snuffed out by an impenetrable South African defence which permitted just one long-range Finn Russell penalty in the entire match. Continue reading...