Springboks beat England in Nations Championship opener at Ellis Park
· The South African
The Springboks got their Nations Championship campaign off to a winning start against England at Ellis Park in Johannesburg on Saturday.
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South Africa won 45-21 after leading 17-14 at half-time.
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The Springboks outscored England seven tries to three, picking up a try-scoring bonus point in the process.
The home side scored tries through Cheslin Kolbe, Jesse Kriel, Kurt-Lee Arendse, Grant Williams, Thomas Du Toit, Malcolm Marx and Ben-Jason Dixon.
Kolbe was also on target with five conversions.
In next weekend’s Round 2 matches, the Springboks will take on Scotland at Loftus Versfeld in Pretoria while England and Fiji will clash in Liverpool.
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TEAMS
South Africa15 Damian Willemse, 14 Cheslin Kolbe, 13 Jesse Kriel, 12 Damian De Allende, 11 Kurt-Lee Arendse, 10 Manie Libbok, 9 Grant Williams, 8 Jasper Wiese, 7 Cameron Hanekom, 6 Paul de Villiers, 5 Ruan Nortje, 4 Pieter-Steph du Toit (captain), 3 Thomas Du Toit, 2 Malcolm Marx, 1 Ox Nche
Replacements: 16 Jan-Hendrik Wessels, 17 Gerhard Steenekamp, 18 Zachary Porthen, 19 Marco van Staden, 20 Ben-Jason Dixon, 21 Cobus Reinach, 22 Andre Esterhuizen, 23 Canan Moodie
England15 Marcus Smith, 14 Immanuel Feyi-Waboso, 13 Tommy Freeman, 12 Seb Atkinson, 11 Cadan Murley, 10 Fin Smith, 9 Jack van Poortvliet, 8 Ben Earl, 7 Tom Curry, 6 Ollie Chessum, 5 George Martin, 4 Alex Coles, 3 Joe Heyes, 2 Jamie George (captain), 1 Ellis Genge
Replacements: 16 Luke Cowan-Dickie,17 Beno Obano, 18 Asher Opoku-Fordjour, 19 Charlie Ewels, 20 Guy Pepper, 21 Henry Pollock, 22 Alex Mitchell, 23 Henry Slade