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Hande Pollard wholeheartedly put his stamp on the second left of the Rugby Championship match between the Springboks and the Wallabies — and perhaps was the difference in the end. The final score of 30-22 only tells part of the story.  Just a week on from a disastrous loss to the Wallabies, in a second-half collapse in Johannesburg, the Bokke …

Following the Springboks’ 45-0 victory over Italy at Nelson Mandela Stadium, here are our five takeaways. Top Line A smart, accurate, and aggressive Springboks outfit put their Loftus low behind them to notch up a comprehensive seven-try victory inspired by innovation and sheer brutality. The inexperienced Azzurri outscored the world champions in the second half in Pretoria last week, but …