Sprinkboks splutter

Despite the pundits forecasting 100 points at least for South Africa it was 30 minutes before the Springboks got on the scoreboard when full-back Breyton Paulse made a clever break before slipping the ball to captain Andre Voss who crawled over after losing his footing just short of the line.

Following are the Pool standings

POOL A: South Africa 6 points from two games, Scotland and Uruguay 4 from 2 and Spain 2 from 2.

POOL B: New Zealand 6 from 2, England and Tonga 4 from 2, Italy 2 from 2.

POOL C: Fiji and France 6 points from 2 games each, Canada and Namibia 2 from 2.

POOL D: Wales 6 from 2, Samoa and Argentina 4 from 2, Japan 2 from 2.

POOL E: Australia 6 from 2, Ireland amp; Romania 4 from 2, USA 2 from 2.