MATCH REPORT: The Springboks ended the July international window with a 64-21 win over Portugal in Bloemfontein on Saturday.
The home side scored 10 tries on their way to victory with wing Makazole Mapimpi getting a hat-trick during the 80 minutes.
There was also an early hiccup for Rassie Erasmus’ side after centre Andre Esterhuizen was sent off for a high tackle.
The Boks entered the match with seven debutants in their matchday 23 and four of them – Phepsi Buthelezi, Jan-Hendrik Wessels, Quan Horn and Andre-Hugo Venter – scored tries.
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The scorers:
For South Africa:
Tries: Wessels, Buthelezi, Arendse, Dixon, Am, Mapimpi 3, Horn, Venter
Cons: Libbok 2, Feinberg-Mngomezulu 5
For Portugal:
Tries: Paiva dos Santos 2, Madeira
Cons: Moura, Cabral 2
Red card – upgraded from yellow card: Andre Esterhuizen (South Africa, 3′ – foul play, head-on-head collision)
Yellow cards: Kurt-Lee Arendse (South Africa, 35′ – foul play, dangerous clear-out); Quan Horn (South Africa, 75′ – foul play, taking out a player in the air)
Teams:
South Africa: 15 Aphelele Fassi, 14 Kurt-Lee Arendse, 13 Lukhanyo Am, 12 Andre Esterhuizen, 11 Makazole Mapimpi, 10 Manie Libbok, Cobus Reinach, 8 Evan Roos, 7 Ben-Jason Dixon, 6 Phepsi Buthelezi, 5 RG Snyman, 4 Salmaan Moerat (captain), 3 Thomas du Toit, 2 Johan Grobbelaar, 1 Jan-Hendrik Wessels.
Replacements: 16 Andre-Hugo Venter, 17 Ntuthuko Mchunu, 18 Trevor Nyakane, 19 Ruan Venter, 20 Elrigh Louw, 21 Morné van den Berg, 22 Sacha Feinberg-Mngomezulu, 23 Quan Horn.
Portugal: 15 Simao Bento, 14 Manuel Cardoso Pinto, 13 Jose Lima, 12 Tomas Appleton, 11 Rodrigo Marta, 10 Joris Moura, 9 Hugo Camacho, 8 Vasco Baptista, 7 Diego Pinheiro, 6 Jose Madeira, 5 Duarte Torgal, 4 Nicolas Fernandes, 3 Diogo Hasse Ferreira, 2 Luka Begic, 1 Francisco Fernandes.
Replacements: 16 David Costa, 17 Pedro Vicente, 18 Abel da Cunha, Antonio Rebelo Andrade, 20 Andre Cunha, 21 Pedro Lucas, 22 Domingos Cabral, 23 Jose Paiva dos Santos.
Referee: Hollie Davidson (Scotland)
Assistant referees: Craig Evans (Wales), Mike Adamson (Scotland)
TMO: Andrew McMenemy (Scotland)
