'Disaster': Wallabies bullied by second string Springboks

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Eddie Jones' instrumentality arsenic Wallabies manager has ended successful catastrophe arsenic Australia was mauled 43-12 by a 2nd drawstring Springboks broadside successful Pretoria connected Sunday (AEST).

Wallabies winger Marika Koroibete and five-eighth Carter Gordon scored the archetypal and past tries of the Rugby Championship opener but successful betwixt it was 1 mode traffic.

Pocket rocket winger Kurt-Lee Arendse scored a chapeau instrumentality for South Africa, who sent 13 apical players successful an beforehand enactment to New Zealand yet inactive had each the firepower.

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"This has been a catastrophe for Eddie Jones and the Wallabies, successful his archetypal Test backmost successful charge," Wallabies fable Tim Horan said connected Stan Sport.

"This has been a carnal masterclass from the Springboks."

Wallabies hooker Dave Porecki and winger Suliasi Vunivalu were sinbinned arsenic Australia's Loftus Versfeld grounds slipped to 0-8 portion flanker Tom Hooper's Test debut ended aboriginal due to the fact that of a enarthrosis injury.

"It's a unspeakable commencement to Eddie's run successful a World Cup season," erstwhile Wallabies escaped guardant Stephen Hoiles said connected Stan Sport.

"I deliberation we had specified precocious expectations. We cognize that it's a truly challenging spot to spell and play a crippled of Test rugby against the reigning satellite champions. But I don't deliberation immoderate of america saw that coming and that's a truly disappointing commencement to the campaign.

"Some players got their accidental to accidental wherefore they should play successful a World Cup and different players astir apt showed wherefore they mightiness not marque the World Cup this year."

Leading 17-5 astatine halftime, South Africa unleashed a ruthless show successful the 2nd half, with Arendse completing his chapeau instrumentality successful the 50th infinitesimal and the Springboks adding 2 punishment tries and a last people by flanker Pieter-Steph du Toit.

Koroibete flew down the near helping to enactment Australia into a astonishment 5-0 pb successful the eighth infinitesimal but the visitors were connected the backmost ft for beauteous overmuch the full crippled aft that.

Gordon came disconnected the seat for his Test debut and marked it with a breakaway consolation effort successful the past minute, acceptable up by a walk from Koroibete.

The triumph was besides a triumph for South Africa's spot successful extent up of its World Cup rubric defence.

The Wallabies, meanwhile, indispensable regroup for a clash with Argentina successful Sydney connected Saturday.

"There were immoderate positives - Carter Gordon came connected and did immoderate bully stuff. Timmy (Horan) conscionable said helium should commencement adjacent week and those conversations volition instrumentality place," Hoiles said.

"The fans volition beryllium retired determination saying 'oh, present we spell again, different season.' But this is 1 of the astir challenging places to triumph a crippled of rugby.

"It mightiness look similar it's each doom and gloom. But I spot a mates of changes to immoderate unit and tactics and a displacement successful mindset and a antithetic squad you're playing against.

"I'm not sitting present acrophobic saying the Wallabies are retired for the season." - with AP

SPRINGBOKS 43 (Kurt-Lee Arendse 3, Pieter-Steph du Toit tries, 2 punishment tries; Manie Libbok 3 con, pen) WALLABIES 12 (Marika Koroibete, Carter Gordon tries; Gordon con)

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