Overview
- South Africa beat New Zealand 33-26 in Cape Town on Saturday to level the four-Test series 1-1 and reclaim the world No. 1 ranking.
- All Blacks coach Dave Rennie publicly accused the Springbok pack of 'walking around' at scrums and South Africa’s Rassie Erasmus strongly denied the charge.
- Players from both teams and pundits complained that excessive scrum resets interrupted proper contests and reduced clear rewards from the set-piece.
- Erasmus made a late swap of his starting front row before kick-off, saying changing weather and dry conditions prompted the selection switch.
- Pundits said referee Angus Gardner’s approach largely neutralised obvious Bok scrum dominance and attention now turns to referee interpretation, selection and kicking at FNB Stadium next weekend.